Almost 9,000 patients left on hospital trolleys in March

Almost 9,000 patients were left on trolleys in hospitals around the country following admission last month, making it the worst March for a decade in terms of patient-trolley numbers.

The figures, released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), highlighted the soaring numbers of people awaiting treatment on trolleys, with St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin worst-hit, with an increase of 237% compared to the same month last year.