Trolley Numbers At UHL Have Increased Compared To This Time Last Year

The number of patients on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick last month increased by nearly 12% when compared with March of last year.

A total of 558 people were recorded as being on trolleys in the region's main hospital last month, up from 499 in the same month in 2014.

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183 of the patients in question were accommodated in overflow areas of the hospital's wards.