Hospital overcrowding: 577 patients waiting for beds

James Cox

A total of 577 admitted patients are waiting for hospital beds this morning, according to today’s Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch.

Four hundred and twelve patients are waiting in emergency departments, while 165 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.

The most overcrowded hospital is University Hospital Limerick, where there are 96 patients waiting for beds. This is followed by Cork University Hospital (70 patients), St Vincent's University Hospital (40 patients), and Sligo University Hospital (35 patients).

The hospitals with the most people waiting for beds in A&E are Cork University Hospital (64 patients), University Hospital Limerick (41 patients), and St Vincent's University Hospital, where all 40 patients waiting for beds are in the emergency department.