Patient left waiting for 67 hours on Mercy hospital trolley — Hiqa report 

The report found one person waiting 67 hours and three patients aged over 75 waiting longer than 24 hours on a trolley

Mercy Hospital had an unannounced inspection in March. Picture: Larry Cummins

Health watchdog inspectors found patients waiting between 18 and 49 hours in the emergency department (ED) at the Mercy Hospital in Cork, and were not assured “measures were effective to protect people attending the ED from risk of harm”.

They found one person waiting 67 hours and three patients aged over 75 waiting longer than 24 hours on a trolley, during an unannounced inspection in March.