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BreakingNews.ie
11 hours ago
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Hospital overcrowding: 411 patients waiting for beds
There are 411 admitted patients waiting for beds in Irish hospitals this morning, according to today's Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch. This includes 282 patients waiting in emergency departments, while 129 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals. Advertisement The most overcrowded hospital is University Hospital Limerick (UHL) where there are 97 patients on trolleys. This is followed by University Hospital Galway (65 patients waiting for beds), Beaumont Hospital (29 patients), the Mater Hospital (28 patients) and Sligo University Hospital (24 patients). The most overcrowded emergency departments are University Hospital Galway (45 patients on trolleys), UHL (38 patients), Beaumont Hospital (29 patients) and the Mater Hospital (28 patients). All the patients without beds in Beaumont and the Mater are in the emergency department.
BreakingNews.ie
20-05-2025
- Health
- BreakingNews.ie
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. Advertisement 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).
BreakingNews.ie
07-05-2025
- Health
- BreakingNews.ie
Hospital overcrowding: 100 patients on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick
A total of 461 admitted patients are waiting for beds in Irish hospitals this morning, according to today's Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch. This includes 291 patients waiting in emergency departments, while 170 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals. Advertisement The most overcrowded hospital is University Hospital Limerick (UHL) where 100 patients are waiting on trolleys. This is double the number of patients waiting in any other hospital in the country at the moment. Forty one patients are waiting for beds in the UHL emergency department, while 59 patients are on trolleys in other wards. After UHL, the most overcrowded hospitals are Cork University Hospital (CUH - 44 patients waiting for beds), University Hospital Galway (41 patients), St Vincent's University Hospital (40 patients), and Letterkenny University Hospital (32 patients). The most overcrowded emergency departments after UHL (41 patients) are CUH (37 patients), University Hospital Galway, St Vincent's University Hospital (both 30 patients), and Tallaght University Hospital (22 patients).
