Trolley watch: 660 patients waiting for beds in hospitals

Ottoline Spearman

660 admitted patients are waiting for beds on Monday morning, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's (INMO) Trolley Watch.

Of these, 390 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 270 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

University Hospital Limerick has the highest number of people waiting for beds at 101 patients. 28 people are waiting in the emergency department, while 73 are on wards elsewhere in the hospital.

At University Hospital Galway, 68 people are waiting for beds, with 38 waiting in the emergency department and 30 waiting elsewhere in the hospital.

Letterkenny University Hospital has 64 patients waiting, with 26 people in the emergency department and 38 elsewhere.

Sligo University Hospital has 63 people waiting, with 33 in the emergency department and 30 elsewhere.