CUH Experiences Worst Overcrowding Numbers Ever Recorded For June
There has been a 7 percent rise in the number of people waiting on trolleys in hospitals across the country
Cork University Hospital has experienced it worst overcrowding numbers ever recorded in June
There has been a 7 percent rise in the number of people waiting on trolleys in hospitals across the country.
The latest Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation figures show almost 7,400 patients were without hospital beds in June with 834 of those waiting at CUH
Last Tuesday, 482 patients were on trolleys across the country, the highest total for any day in June since records began.
INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha says along with rising trolley numbers, the number of assaults is increasing:
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