44 Awaiting Beds In UHL Today

Hospital trolleys

44 patients are on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick today.

That’s according to the latest Trolleywatch statistics from the INMO, which show the patients are evenly distributed between the hospital’s Emergency Depertment, and overflow areas of wards.

It comes as the Organisation confirms that Limerick recorded the highest levels of overcrowding in Ireland last month.

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There were 835 people on trolleys at Dooradoyle in August, up from 224 in 2013

Nationally, there was a 27 per cent year-on-year increase on trolley numbers.