Crisis continues with 523 patients on trolleys

There is little sign of hospital overcrowding subsiding, as yesterday saw 523 patients on trolleys, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Association.

University Hospital Limerick (UHL) was worst affected, with 46 patients on trolleys, while Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, had 40. Beaumont Hospital in Dublin had 38.

Tuesday saw 518 patients on trolleys, with Limerick again the highest, at 54. A director was appointed yesterday at University Hospital Limerick to help ease the crisis by relocating elderly patients.