University Hospital Limerick has more patients on trolleys than the next two busiest hospitals combined for the third consecutive day this week.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has recorded 106 admitted patients waiting for appropriate bed spaces at the region’s main hospital today.
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According to the INMO, there are 47 patients waiting in UHL’s Emergency Department alone, which is more than the total of any other hospital nationwide.
Across the country, the Nurses and Midwives Union are reporting 564 patients on trolleys.

