CUH ‘struggling’ as 54 patients on trolleys

Up to 54 people were on trolleys at Cork’s biggest hospital yesterday as management admitted the hospital was struggling to manage the large numbers seeking admission.

In total, 493 people were on trolleys around the country, according to figures compiled by the Irish Nurses and Midwives organisation. However, the trolley crisis was at its worst at Cork University Hospital with 54 people on trolleys.

Beaumont in Dublin had 38 people on trolleys, University Hospital Limerick had 34, and Letterkenny had 31.