The number of patients left without a bed after being admitted to Irish hospitals continues to increase.
According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation there are 100 people being cared for on trolleys at UHL today.
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The hospital which covers North Tipp has almost twice as many patients without a bed as the next most overcrowded facility which is University Hospital Galway with 51.
UHL accounts for 20% of the national figure of 509.
The nursing union is reporting 12 patients on trolleys at TUH in Clonmel while there are no overcrowding issues at Nenagh General this afternoon.
