Hospitals serving Tipp among most overcrowded

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Hospitals serving Tipperary are among the most overcrowded in the country today.

University Hospital Limerick, which provides emergency department cover for North Tipp, is the worst affected with 48 people awaiting a bed.

That’s followed by Waterford University Hospital on 40 while South Tipp General has 31 patients without a bed.

According to the INMO, there are 457 people on trolleys or in overflow wards around the country.