More than one fifth of patients waiting for beds in hospitals across the country are admitted at University Hospital Limerick today.
The latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show there were 93 patients waiting for beds at the Dooradoyle facility during morning rounds, 41 of those in the Emergency Department.
The overall figure is 39 more than the next busiest facility and comes on a day when there were 495 patients waiting for beds at hospitals nationwide.
