Hospital overcrowding reaches record levels today
714 people are waiting for beds in hospitals across the country.
According to the INMO, the worst affected is University Hospital Limerick where 80 patients are on trolleys.
There are 45 people waiting at University Hospital Galway followed by 43 at Cork University Hospital.
It comes as over 600 people were waiting for beds every day last week.
The General Secretary of the INMO Phil Ni’Sheaghda claims this situation could have been avoided.
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