Nurses say the level of overcrowding at the region’s main hospital is almost twice that of the next busiest facility in the wake of the bank holiday weekend.
The latest analysis from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation shows there were 104 patients waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick during morning rounds.
40 of those were on trolleys in the Emergency Department, with a further 64 accommodated in overflow areas of wards.
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Galway University Hospital remains the next busiest facility, where 56 admitted patients were waiting for beds this morning.
