Hospital overcrowding: 420 patients waiting for beds in Irish hospitals

Michael Bolton

There is 420 patients across the country waiting for a bed in Irish hospitals, according to the latest Trolley Watch by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

314 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 106 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.

The hospital with the most patients without a bed is University Hospital Limerick, with 92 patients on trolleys.

49 of those patients are in the emergency department, with 43 elsewhere in the hospital.

University Hospital Galway has 41 patients without a bed, with 34 people in the emergency department.

Cork University Hospital has 36 patients on trolleys, with 31 people in the emergency department.