Trolley count: Over 400 waiting for beds across Ireland

The hospital with the most patients waiting in Dublin is tied between St Vincent's University Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital with 28 people waiting on beds.
Trolley count: Over 400 waiting for beds across Ireland

Hannah Kate Costello

413 admitted patients are waiting for beds, according to Friday morning's INMO Trolley Watch.

There are 268 patients waiting in the emergency department, while 145 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

In Dublin, the hospital with the most patients waiting is tied between St Vincent's University Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital, with 28 people waiting on beds.

Vincent's has 23 waiting in the emergency department, with five elsewhere on the ward, and Tallaght has 27 waiting in the emergency department, with one waiting elsewhere on the ward.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the country, University Hospital Limerick has the most patients waiting, with 24 waiting in the emergency department and 28 waiting elsewhere in the ward with 52 patients waiting.

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