Trolley watch: 593 patients waiting for beds across Ireland

Of the total number of people waiting for a bed, 387 of those are in emergency departments, while the remaining 206 are in wards elsewhere.
Trolley watch: 593 patients waiting for beds across Ireland

Kenneth Fox

Some 593 patients were waiting on trolleys in hospitals around the country on Friday, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

The INMO said University Hospital Limerick had the worst overcrowding, with 91 patients waiting for a bed, followed by Cork University Hospital and University Hospital Galway, with 79 and 76 patients respectively. 

Of the total number of people waiting for a bed, 387 of those were in emergency departments, while the remaining 206 were in wards elsewhere.

 

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