Second worst month for overcrowding ever sees over 1,000 on trolleys in Limerick and Cork

More than 12,000 patients were forced to wait on trolleys across the country's hospitals in January, the second-highest figure on record.

Second worst month for overcrowding ever sees over 1,000 on trolleys in Limerick and Cork

More than 12,000 patients were forced to wait on trolleys across the country's hospitals in January, the second-highest figure on record.

According to the trolley count by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), some 12,024 patients were waiting on trolleys in January as the bed shortage and a flu outbreak exacerbated the typically busy winter months.

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