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University Hospital Waterford is one of the most overcrowded in the country today
The latest trolley watch figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation today have revealed that 26 people are now awaiting a proper bed at the A&E department in University Hospital Waterford.
There are currently 21 patients on trolleys at the Waterford A&E department, while 5 are on already full wards. Elsewhere in the region, 60 patients are awaiting a proper bed at University Hospital Limerick, while 29 are in similar situation at Cork University Hospital
Limerick University Hospital is the most overcrowded in the country today with 60 people awaiting a proper bed at their A&E department, 35 of those on trolleys.
Nationally today, August 8, 520 patients are waiting for a proper bed, an increase of 5% on the same day last year.
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