UHL was most overcrowded hospital in June, survey shows

An analysis by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation of its trolley/ward watch shows there were 640 admitted patients on trolleys in UHL waiting for a hospital bed.

University Hospital Galway had the second highest number of patients on trolleys in June with 566, followed by the Mater Hospital in Dublin that had 532.

Cork University Hospital had 469 patients on trolleys, and University Hospital Waterford had 406.