Over 100 patients wait for beds at University Hospital Limerick

Overall, 499 admitted patients were waiting for beds in Irish hospitals on Thursday morning.
Over 100 patients wait for beds at University Hospital Limerick

Eva Osborne

102 admitted patients were waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick on Thursday morning, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

Overall, 499 admitted patients were waiting for beds in Irish hospitals on Thursday morning, according to organisation's trolley watch.

358 patients were waiting in the emergency department, while 141 were in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

At Cork University Hospital, 62 admitted patients were waiting for beds. 55 were waiting in the emergency department while seven waited in wards elsewhere.

34 patients were waiting at University Hospital Galway, 28 were waiting at Sligo Univeristy Hospital, and 24 were waiting at Mercy University Hospital, Cork.

32 admitted patients were waiting for beds at Tallaght University Hospital, while 22 waited at Naas General hospital, and 21 waited at Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.

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