Conditions at Cork's Mercy hospital 'unsafe and intolerable'

According to the INMO more than 379 patients have been left without a bed at the hospital this month alone

As of this morning, there were 35 patients without beds at Cork's Mercy University Hospital. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Conditions for patients at Cork's Mercy University Hospital have become "intolerable and unsafe."

That is according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), which said high numbers of patients without beds and lengthy ambulance wait times outside the hospital have created a "dangerous environment for both patients and staff.