Man, 90, 'begged the nurses to give his wife a bed'

A 90-year-old man had to beg staff at Cork University Hospital to give his wife a bed after she had been left on a trolley for days.

A 90-year-old man had to beg staff at Cork University Hospital to give his wife a bed after she had been left on a trolley for hours.

Bernadette Walshe phoned The Neil Prendeville Show on Cork’s RedFM, saying her mother, who is 89 next month - had not been feeling well and had been referred to the Bons Secours Hospital before being transferred to the CUH.