Last month was worst April for hospital overcrowding in 20 years of recording trolley numbers

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said 11,175 patients were treated on trolleys in April across the country. File picture

Last month was the worst April for overcrowding in Irish hospitals in the 20 years since the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) began counting patients sleeping on trolleys, it has said.

The ever-increasing numbers are adding to the “national crisis” levels of “stress, burnout, and unsafe conditions” reported by nurses in an INMO survey published today.