CUH ‘the most overcrowded hospital in the country’
Figures released today by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) show that 658 patients admitted for care during the month of April were forced to remain on trolleys at CUH — a 130% increase on the figure a decade ago. In March, the overcrowding crisis kept 716 people on trolleys in the emergency department. The problem is also acute at the Mercy University Hospital, with 228 people on trolleys during April.
INMO general secretary, Liam Doran, said: “CUH is now the most overcrowded hospital in the country. The figures in the Mercy are poor too, which confirms that Cork City is massively short of acute beds and needs immediate capital investment.”
