446 patients treated on hospital trolleys

IRELAND has been plunged back into a hospital trolley crisis, after a shocking 446 people were forced to endure the unacceptable waits in a single day.

The latest Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) trolley count has shown hospitals are again struggling to cope with the overcrowding problems which wreaked havoc on patients and staff during the Christmas period.

According to the medical union, 446 people were told they would have to be treated on trolleys yesterday because no hospital beds could be found.