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Record Numbers Attending Emergency Departments At Country’s Hospitals

A record 612 people are on trolleys at hospitals across the country – which the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says is 'truly shocking'.

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A record 612 people are on trolleys at hospitals across the country – which the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says is 'truly shocking'.

According to the INMO – University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded with 46 people in need of a bed.

Last year there were almost 94 thousand patients on trolleys – compared to  50 thousand in 2007 when the situation was declared a 'National Emergency'.

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