51 patients on hospital trolleys in the city

51 people are lying on trolleys at Cork University and the Mercy University Hospitals today. Nationally nurses say 457 people are awaiting a bed on trolleys and in wards at hospitals around the country. There are 31 patients on trolleys in Cork University Hospital and 20 in the Mercy University Hospital. The highest number, has been recorded at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin with 34 of the national number on trolleys.

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