Hospital overcrowding: Nearly 400 patients waiting for beds

Eva Osborne

Nearly 400 admitted patients were waiting for beds in Irish hospitals on Monday morning, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

According to the organisation's Trolley Watch, 277 patients were waiting on beds in emergency departments, while 119 were in wards elsewhere in the hospitals.

84 admitted patients were waiting on beds at University Hospital Limerick on Monday. 36 were waiting in the emergency department, while 48 were waiting in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

At University Hospital Galway, 36 patients were waiting on beds, while 24 waited at Cork Univeristy Hospital.

Elsewhere, 23 admitted patients were waiting for beds at Mayo University Hospital, while 22 waited at Letterkenny University Hospital.

At St Vincent's Univeristy Hospital, 23 admitted patients were waiting for beds. All 23 were waiting in the hospital's emergency department.

17 patients were waiting in the emergency department of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.