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Significant Drop In Overcrowding At UHL

Nurses say the level of overcrowding at the region's main hospital has dropped significantly today.

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Figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show 12 people are waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick, 6 of those in the emergency department.

Last week, the Dooradoyle facility was one of the most overcrowded in the country on a number of occasions

Today, 224 people are waiting for beds at hospitals across the country, the worst affected is the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar.

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