INO: Cork A&E lies idle as 42 patients wait on trolleys

Staff at Munster’s largest acute hospital were struggling to find beds for more than 30 patients lying on trolleys yesterday, according to the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO).

INO: Cork A&E lies idle as 42 patients wait on trolleys

Staff at Munster’s largest acute hospital were struggling to find beds for more than 30 patients lying on trolleys yesterday, according to the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO).

The emergency department at Cork University Hospital (CUH) has been extremely busy over the past 36 hours with 336 people attending and 122 patients requiring admission since midnight last Sunday.

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