Worst day of 2022 for patients on trolleys

Worst day of 2022 for patients on trolleys

There were 72 patients on trolleys at CUH on Tuesday. Picture: Larry Cummins

The worst day of the year so far for patients on trolleys saw 669 people without a bed with those in Cork and Limerick hospitals worst affected.

Some 15 hospitals across the country did not have a single available bed, with 270 of 282 adult intensive care beds occupied.

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