The number of people waiting on trolleys at the regions main hospital has more than doubled in the space of a week.
96 Patients were waiting on trolleys this morning at University Hospital Limerick including 55 in the Emergency Department according to the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation.
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In comparison just 43 patients were waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick on this day last week.
Cork University Hospital was the next busiest facility in the country with a total of 79 patients waiting on trolleys.
In total 631 Patients are without a bed at hospitals nationwide with over 15% of this cohort presenting at the Dooradoyle facility.
