Overcrowding has increased at University Hospital Limerick today.
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The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says there are 41 patients on trolleys at the facility – with 27 of those in the facility's emergency department.
There are similar issues reported at University Hospital Galway were there are 32 people awaiting a bed.
In total the INMO says there are 501 people on trolleys at hospitals around the country today.