Overcrowding continues at hospitals serving Tipperary

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Hospitals serving Tipperary are dealing with 18% of the patients being treated on trolleys across the country today.

In all there are 395 patients are waiting for beds this afternoon.

University Hospital Limerick – which provides Emergency Department cover for North Tipp – has 45 patients being cared for on trolleys.

South Tipp General in Clonmel has 22 while Nenagh Hospital has 4.

The worst-hit today is Cork University Hospital with 63 patients waiting for a bed.