Nurses warn of A&E dangers in Beaumont Hospital

A major acute hospital that had the highest number of patients on trolleys yesterday in its emergency department has been described by nurses as being “dangerously overcrowded”.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation asked for Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, to be taken off call for an extended period because of high overcrowding levels.

There were 38 admitted patients on trolleys in the emergency department yesterday, according to the INMO’s Trolley and Ward Watch.