Limerick worst hit by trolley crowding

There were 649 patients on trolleys in emergency departments or on wards waiting for a hospital bed yesterday, a decrease of just 65 on Monday’s record high of 714.

The figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Association show that University Hospital Limerick was yet again the worst affected by severe overcrowding, with 58 patients waiting.

Cork University Hospital had 56 patients waiting for a bed, the second highest number followed by St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, which had 40.