Limerick records worst overcrowding any hospital has seen as CUH warns of A&E delays

The INMO has called the overcrowding at UHL “extremely concerning” 
There are currently 97 patients in UHL without a bed, according to the INMO’s TrolleyWatch figures. Picture: Dan Linehan

There are currently 97 patients in UHL without a bed, according to the INMO’s TrolleyWatch figures. Picture: Dan Linehan

University Hospital Limerick (UHL) today recorded the highest number of patients without beds in any Irish hospital since the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) began compiling trolley figures.

There are currently 97 patients in UHL without a bed, according to the organisation’s TrolleyWatch figures.

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