Over two dozen people are waiting for a hospital bed in Tipperary this lunchtime.
Daily trolley watch figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show there are 28 patients between the Emergency Department and wards at South Tipp General today…
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Elsewhere, at the University Hospital in Limerick which covers North Tipperary, 22 people are waiting for a bed.
The Government has provided 50 million euro to deal with the overcrowding crisis as part of its winter initiative.
But Dr. James Gray – Emergency Medical Consultant at Tallaght Hospital – says it's just a drop in the ocean.