Trolley watch: 110 patients wait for beds at University Hospital Limerick

According to the INMO's trolley watch, 378 admitted patients were waiting for beds on Thursday morning in hospitals across the State.
Trolley watch: 110 patients wait for beds at University Hospital Limerick

Eva Osborne

110 admitted patients were waiting for beds on Thursday morning at University Hospital Limerick.

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's (INMO) trolley watch, 378 admitted patients were waiting for beds on Thursday morning in hospitals across the State.

257 patients were waiting in the emergency department, while 121 were in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

66 admitted patients were waiting for beds at University Hospital Galway, with 49 waiting in the emergency department while 17 waited in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

At Letterkenny University Hospital, 26 admitted patients were waiting for beds, while 22 waited at Sligo University Hospital.

23 patients were waiting for beds in the emergency department of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.

At St Vincent's University Hospital , 21 admitted patients were waiting for beds on Thursday morning.

 

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