Government ministers 'should hang their heads in shame' over trolley crisis

Senior HSE officials admit 1,887 people each spent longer than 24 hours on a trolley last week

A pensioner who spent 57 hours on a chair in a crowded hospital emergency department has blasted senior Government ministers over the trolley crisis, saying “they should hang their heads in shame”.

This comes as senior HSE officials admit 1,887 people each spent longer than 24 hours on a trolley last week and they cannot guarantee the daily trolley count will not exceed 1,000 this winter.