The level of overcrowding at the region’s main hospital has risen today.
The latest figures from the INMO show there were 48 people waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick this morning, 33 of those in the emergency department.
The overall figure is four more than the next busiest facility, Cork University Hospital, and comes on a day when 215 people were waiting to be admitted at hospitals across the country.
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By comparison, the HSE’s own Trolley Gar system shows only 16 people on trolleys at UHL.
