High Levels Of Overcrowding In UHL Once Again

Unisveristy Hospital Limerick
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University Hospital Limerick is reporting high levels of overcrowding once more today, on a day where most other hospitals appear to be relatively quiet.

A total of 280 people were awaiting treatment in Irish hospitals this morning, according to the INMO’s daily Trolleywatch statistics.

41 of those – over 1 in seven – are in Dooradoyle, with 23 in the hospital’s recently opened Emergency Department.

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University Hospital Galway has 34 patients on trolleys today, further indicating that local health services are the busiest in the country.