Yesterday, it emerged that a 91 year old patient was left waiting on a trolley in Tallaght Hospital for 29 hours earlier this week.
The incident was exposed by a consultant, who wrote to the hospital's management comparing the situation to 'torture'.
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Tallaght Hospital since released a statement apologising for the appalling delay.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has demanded to know who was responsible for leaving the 91 year old man on a hospital trolley.
But, President of the IMO Dr. Ray Wally says the Taoiseach's reaction doesn't recognise the root of the problem of emergency department overcrowding:
