CUH sees highest rise in patients on trolleys last month

Patients on trolleys at Cork University Hospital increased by 47% last month, figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) reveal.

The trolley analysis shows that CUH — with 603 patients on trolleys last month compared to 410 in February — experienced the highest increase.

St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin had the second highest increase, with 705 patients on trolleys last month, up from 532 in February 2015.