One in eight treated on emergency unit trolleys are at CUH

One in eight patients treated on emergency department trolleys across Ireland yesterday were based at Cork University Hospital.

Data provided by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show that, on the same day as €22m worth of planned cuts to the facility were revealed, the hospital’s emergency department was struggling to cope.

According to the daily trolley count, a total of 394 people were treated on trolleys across the country yesterday.