Over 700 people on hospital trolleys today

Photo © Patrick Flynn

The number of people on trolleys at UHL has once again surpassed 100.

The local facility is the worst affected nationally with 105 patients without a bed.

Elsewhere in Tipperary there are 21 in the same position at TUH in Clonmel.

704 patients are waiting for a bed in hospitals across the country according INMO today.

The group has called on the Government to develop a year-round plan to tackle the overcrowding crisis.

It adds that “this level of overcrowding must not be allowed to continue further into the year.”