Hospital overcrowding: 98 patients waiting for beds at UHL
A total of 393 admitted patients are waiting for beds in Irish hospitals this morning, according to today's Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch.
This included 266 patients waiting in emergency departments, while 127 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.
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University Hospital Limerick (UHL) is the most overcrowded hospital by far, with 98 patients waiting for beds. This includes 36 patients on trolleys in the emergency department, and 62 in other wards.
After UHL, the most overcrowded hospitals are University Hospital Galway (41 patients waiting for beds), Cork University Hospital (CUH - 37 patients), Letterkenny University Hospital (31) and St Vincent's University Hospital (25).
The most overcrowded emergency departments are UHL and University Hospital Galway (36 patients waiting for beds), CUH (32), St Vincent's University Hospital (22), and Tallaght University Hospital (18).
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