UHL almost twice as overcrowded as next busiest hospital

509 patients admitted to hospitals around the country are on trolleys today.

According to the INMO University Hospital Limerick accounts for the largest number of people waiting for beds

The facility which serves North Tipp has 94 patients being cared for on trolleys which is almost twice as many as the next most overcrowded which is University Hospital Galway with 50.

TUH in Clonmel has 8 patients without a bed while the nursing union reports no overcrowding issues at Nenagh Hospital.