Pressure mounts on hospital staff as 28 patients left waiting on trolleys

DOZENS of patients were left waiting on trolleys with more being treated in a makeshift fashion in the waiting room of University Hospital Galway yesterday.

Pressure mounts on hospital staff as 28 patients left waiting on trolleys

The medical staff in the A&E department are used to dealing with crises, but according to the Irish Nurses Organisation, the normally chaotic working conditions have gone beyond endurance.

"As of today, there are 28 patients on trolleys in the A&E Department. Those who are not in need of trolleys are being cared for in the waiting room with one trolley on standby.

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