Overcrowding problems remain a serious issue for patients and staff at hospitals serving Tipperary.
University Hospital Limerick has 43 people without a bed today – a reduction of 11 from Monday.
There’s been a significant increase in the numbers on trolleys at South Tipp General – up to 32 from 18.
Nationally there’s an increrase of over 100 on yesterdays figures – the INMO is reporting 644 people without a bed today.
The INMO says our hospital crisis is now “a humanitarian issue.”
Deputy General Secretary of the INMO David Hughes says we’re at crisis point.
