UHL most overcrowded hospital in country

Photo © Pat Flynn

University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded in the country today.

The Dooradoyle facility, which serves North Tipp, Limerick and Clare, has 51 patients waiting for a bed.

29 of those are in the emergency department, while a further 22 are in overflow areas of already full wards.

Meanwhile, there are 28 patients on trolleys at South Tipp General in Clonmel today.

Nationally, there are 386 people without beds at hospitals across the country.