Munster hospitals worst hit as trolley numbers soar

Nine times as many people waiting on trolleys last month than during April, says INMO, with University Hospital Limerick and Cork University Hospital the worst affected

The worst affected hospital in the country was University Hospital Limerick, which had 1,064 people waiting on a trolley last month. File Picture: PA

Nine times as many people were on waiting on trolleys in Irish hospitals last month than during April of this year, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

According to INMO figures, the total number of people without hospital beds rose to 4,499 in October, from a low of 497 this past April.