Hospital overcrowding: 550 people without a bed in Irish hospitals

Michael Bolton

There are 550 people without a bed in Irish hospitals on Thursday morning, figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) show.

365 patients are waiting in the emergency departments, while 185 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.

The hospital with the highest amount of patients on trolleys is University Hospital Limerick, with 108 people waiting for a bed.

47 people are in the emergency department, with 61 patients in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

At University Hospital Galway, 51 people are waiting for a bed, with 39 people in the emergency department.

In Cork University Hospital, 50 people are on trolleys, with 47 in the emergency department.