63 On Trolleys At University Hospital Limerick

Unisveristy Hospital Limerick
Photo © Pat Flynn

Trolley numbers at the region’s main hospital are continuing to spike.

Latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show that there were 63 patients without a bed at University Hospital Limerick this morning, 38 of those on trolleys in the ED.

It’s just a slight ease from Friday’s figure of 65 and is more than double that of any other hospital nationwide today.

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It comes on a day when 315 patients around the country are waiting on a bed across the country, with UHL accounting for a fifth of those.