Last month 'the worst September on record' for patients without beds at Cork hospitals

88 patients without beds at CUH's emergency department last Wednesday - a one-day record. File Picture Clare Keogh

Last month was the worst September on record in terms of patients without beds at Cork University Hospital (CUH) and at Cork's Mercy Hospital. 

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, some 1,260 people waited on trolleys at CUH over the course of last month, the majority at the emergency department. A further 411 patients waited on trolleys at the Mercy.