The INMO Hits Out At The High Numbers Of Patients Being Treated On Trolleys
Cork University Hospital has the highest number in the country with 54 on trolleys
"Intolerable" that's how the nursing union has described the high number of people lying on trolleys at Cork University Hospital...
CUH has the highest number of patients in the country being treated on trolleys with 54 on trolleys in corridors and wards..
Elsewhere figures are down at the Mercy and Bantry General with a total of 10 people on trolleys at those two hospitals this lunchtime..
Nationally...
520 people are on trolleys at hospitals around the country this morning according to nurses with the national figure up on yesterday's tally of 459.
The INMO's Liam Doran says the situation continues to be in crisis
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