CUH most overcrowded hospital in the country
Cork University Hospital is continuing to experience severe overcrowding again today.
There are currently 29 people waiting on trolleys in the Emergency Department, as the CUH remians the most overcrowded in the country for the fourth day in a row.
The figures come from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation who say 15 patients are also awaiting admission in the ED of the Mercy University Hospital.
In total 373 people are on trolleys in hospitals across the country today.
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