Candlelit vigil to honour those who died or suffered on trolleys at UHL

Limerick and Cork have the most overcrowded hospitals in the country this year 

Overcrowding at UHL has escalated this year. Picture: Dan Linehan

A candlelight vigil to express solidarity with every patient who died or suffered while on a trolley in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) is to be held on Saturday outside the hospital.

It comes as figures show that 121,318 patients were forced to wait on trolleys this year in Irish hospitals, making it the worst year for hospital overcrowding on record.