Hospital overcrowding continues

Hospitals serving Tipperary remain overcrowded today.

University Hospital Limerick – which serves the North of the county – has 51 patients waiting for a bed.

South Tipperary General Hospital also remains under pressure with 26 patients awaiting a bed in the emergency department or in overflow areas of wards.

Nenagh Hospital has two people waiting a bed after being admitted for treatment.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation are reporting 556 patients on trolleys nationally.