Hospital overcrowding: Over 570 patients wait for beds

Eva Osborne

571 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. 355 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 216 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

112 admitted patients were waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick. 41 were waiting in the emergency department while 71 waited in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

At Cork University Hospital, 57 patients were waiting for beds.

55 were waiting at Sligo University Hospital, 41 were waiting at University Hospital Galway, and 33 at Letterkenny University Hospital.

14 children were waiting between the three dedicated children's hospitals: National Children's Hospital, Tallaght; Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital.

35 admitted patients were waiting at St Vincent's University Hospital, while 34 waited at Tallaght University Hospital.