Woman was 'fighting delirium' during 60 virtually sleepless hours of waiting in CUH

“I spent 60 hours in the ED before I was moved into the Bandon Suite on a trolley after I broke down Saturday night,” Elaine Galvin said

Elaine Galvin has registered a complaint with the HSE's Your Service Your Say and was pleased to get a response indicating her concerns were passed on.  Picture: Elaine Galvin

Elaine Galvin was not surprised to hear Hiqa found serious problems in hospital emergency departments, including Cork University Hospital, having spent 60 hours there in mid-November.

The damning report from the health watchdog warned that patients are not protected from harm in three of the seven hospitals it surveyed. It found lengthy wait times in several institutions, including one instance of a patient waiting 116 hours on a trolley.