Overcrowding in Cork City hospitals 'getting worse'

Heading into what is expected to be a busy Easter weekend for the hospitals, INMO industrial relations officer Liam Conway says the current situation is very worrying
Overcrowding in Cork City hospitals 'getting worse'

Mercy University Hospital and Cork University Hospital had a combined 92 patients without a bed this morning, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. Picture: Larry Cummins

Cork University Hospital (CUH) had 65 patients waiting on trolleys this morning.

The hospital ranks second in the highest number of patients waiting on a bed with University Hospital Limerick topping the daily figures with 77.

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