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

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.