Nearly 1,300 on trolleys in UHL last month, latest figures show

Cork University Hospital had the second-highest number of admitted patients waiting for a bed last month, at 1,031

University Hospital Limerick had the highest number of patients on trolleys waiting for a bed in the emergency department or on wards last month, it has emerged.

There were 1,286 patients on trolleys in UHL in February, a 32% increase compared to February 2019 when there were 973, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.