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'truly shocking' Record number of patients without hospital bed waiting on trolleys amid flu spread fears
The government accused of 'failing to address this problem and it must now become a top priority'
By Michael Doyle
3rd January 2017, 7:30 pm
A RECORD number of patients languished on trolleys today.
Nurses described the 612 patients lying on hospital trolleys as ?truly shocking?.
University Hospital Limerick was the most over-crowded with 46 people in need of a bed, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
Last year there were almost 94,000 patients on trolleys ? compared to 50,000 in 2007 when the situation was declared a ?National Emergency?...
'truly shocking' Record number of patients without hospital bed waiting on trolleys amid flu spread fears
The government accused of 'failing to address this problem and it must now become a top priority'
By Michael Doyle
3rd January 2017, 7:30 pm
A RECORD number of patients languished on trolleys today.
Nurses described the 612 patients lying on hospital trolleys as ?truly shocking?.
University Hospital Limerick was the most over-crowded with 46 people in need of a bed, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
Last year there were almost 94,000 patients on trolleys ? compared to 50,000 in 2007 when the situation was declared a ?National Emergency?...