More than 11,000 people waited on hospital trolleys in April

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More than 11,000 people — including more than 250 children — were admitted to Irish hospitals without a bed during April, according to new figures.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's (INMO) trolley count for April shows 11,070 patients spent time on trolleys at hospitals over the past four weeks. Of these, 258 were children.