Hospitals serving Tipperary were far less overcrowded following the bank holiday weekend compared to the numbers recorded in the wake of the St Bridget’s Day weekend in February.
Along with hospitals across the country they managed to avoid an expected surge of patients over the St. Patrick’s weekend.
Government figures show 230 patients were on trolleys in emergency departments or wards yesterday, down from over 600 over the St. Bridget’s bank holiday weekend.
Of the main hospitals serving Tipperary the HSE reported 39 patients without a bed at UHL on Tuesday compared with 62 after St Bridget’s Day while TUH in Clonmel had 6 after St Patrick’s weekend compared to 34 following St Bridget’s weekend.
It follows a call from the Health Minister and the CEO of the Health Service Executive for more senior staff and consultants to be rostered during holiday periods.
442 admitted patients are waiting for beds in hospitals around the country today.
The INMO says University Hospital Limerick accounts for the largest number of those, with 66, followed by Cork University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital.
There are 3 patients on trollies at TUH in Clonmel with 2 at Nenagh General.
