Hospital overcrowding breaks August record as INMO warns of 'dangerous' winter

University Hospital Limerick, the hospital worst affected by overcrowding issues. Picture: Don Moloney

This month was the worst August in history for hospital overcrowding, with more than 9,720 patients admitted without a bed, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has said.

Of the patients admitted to hospitals without a bed in August, 167 were children. The figure breaks the record set last August, when it stood at 9,603 patients.