STGH among most overcrowded hospitals in country again

Hospitals serving Tipperary are once again among the most overcrowded in the country.

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation there are 379 patients without a bed at hospitals around the country this afternoon.

37 of these are at South Tipp General Hospital in Clonmel.

Meanwhile at University Hospital Limerick – which serves North Tipp – has 32 patients on trolleys around the Emergency Department or in overflow areas of wards.

Cork University Hospital is the busiest today with 38 patients waiting for a bed.