69 patients on trolleys at UHL

Stock photo of the Emergency Department at University Hospital Limerick. Photo © University Hospitals Group

University Hospital Limerick – which serves North Tipperary – is by far the most overcrowded hospital in the country this afternoon.

There are a total of 69 patients being treated on trolleys in the emergency department, and in overflow areas of wards.

The Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore is next with 38 people waiting for a bed.

While there are 12 patients on trolleys in overflow areas of wards at South Tipp General this lunchtime.

According to the INMO there are almost 400 people are on hospital trolleys across the country today.