HSE says overcrowding in hospitals could get worse before it gets better

On Thursday, a pensioner who spent 57 hours on a chair in a crowded hospital emergency department blasted senior Government ministers over the trolley crisis, saying “they should hang their heads in shame”. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

The interim CEO of the HSE has said that his organisation has initiated a "whole system response" to the ongoing hospital overcrowding crisis, which he suggested may get worse before getting better.

Stephen Mulvany is visiting University Hospital Limerick (UHL) this morning, which has experienced some of the most severe overcrowding of any hospital in the country in recent weeks.