Munster hospitals among worst affected for patients on trolleys

The INMO has called for elective operations to be reduced to make room for the rising number of emergency patients

INMO general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha, the general secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO)  Photo: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

November saw almost 11,500 patients spend a night on a trolley in a hospital emergency department, with two Munster hospitals among the five worst affected sites.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), who gathered the data, called for elective operations to be reduced to make room for the rising number of emergency patients.