Hospital overcrowding in Cork City is 'out of control'

On Tuesday, there are 76 people without a bed in the Cork City hospitals — 53 are on trolleys in CUH and 23 in Mercy University Hospital. Picture: Dan Linehan

Since the start of March, 974 patients have waited on trolleys in Cork hospitals as the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) warns the overcrowding issue has become unsustainable.

On Tuesday, there are 76 people without a bed in the Cork City hospitals — 53 are on trolleys in CUH and 23 in Mercy University Hospital.