Hospitals serving Tipperary and neighbouring counties are majorly overcrowded this afternoon
577 patients are waiting on trolleys at hospitals across the country.Once again University Hospital Limerick – which serves North Tipp, Clare and Limerick is the worst affected with 70 people awaiting beds according to the INMO.
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That’s followed by 51 at Cork University Hospital and 41 at University Hospital Waterford. 40 patients who have been admitted to South Tipperary General Hospital are still without a bed. Frontline staff at the Clonmel hospital are dealing with 22 people on trolleys around the Emergency Department with a further 18 in overflow areas of wards.
The nursing union is also reporting 5 patients without a bed at Nenagh Hospital.
