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More Than 100 Patients On Trolleys At UHL This Morning

In excess of one hundred admitted patients were waiting for beds at the region’s main hospital this morning.

The latest analysis from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation shows there were 102 patients on trolleys or chairs at University Hospital Limerick this morning, which was the highest number in the country once again.

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Galway University Hospital was the second busiest in the country, where 67 people were waiting for beds.

Overall, close to 600 admitted patients were on trolleys at Irish hospitals today, according to the INMO figures, 382 of those in emergency departments and 216 in overflow areas of wards.

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