Trolley watch: 598 patients waiting for beds in hospitals

Ottoline Spearman

598 admitted patients are waiting for hospital beds on Monday, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch.

343 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 255 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

University Hospital Limerick has the highest number of people waiting for beds at 84 patients. 27 people are waiting in the emergency department, while 57 are on wards elsewhere in the hospital.

At University Hospital Galway, 75 people are waiting for beds, with 40 waiting in the emergency department and 35 waiting elsewhere in the hospital.

St Vincent's University Hospital has 51 people waiting, with 41 in the emergency department and 10 elsewhere.

Cork University Hospital has 45 patients waiting, with 32 people in the emergency department and 13 elsewhere.