Hospital overcrowding: 411 patients waiting for beds

James Cox

There are 411 itted patients waiting for beds in Irish hospitals this morning, according to today’s Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch.

This includes 282 patients waiting in emergency departments, while 129 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.

The most overcrowded hospital is University Hospital Limerick (UHL) where there are 97 patients on trolleys.

This is followed by University Hospital Galway (65 patients waiting for beds), Beaumont Hospital (29 patients), the Mater Hospital (28 patients) and Sligo University Hospital (24 patients).

The most overcrowded emergency departments are University Hospital Galway (45 patients on trolleys), UHL (38 patients), Beaumont Hospital (29 patients) and the Mater Hospital (28 patients).

All the patients without beds in Beaumont and the Mater are in the emergency department.