Over 10,500 patients were treated on hospital trolleys in November

10,561 patients were treated on hospital trolleys in November, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

The highest levels of overcrowding seen last month were at:

• University Hospital Limerick – 2,110;
• Cork University Hospital – 1,082;
• University Hospital Galway – 822;
• Sligo University Hospital – 626;
• St Vincent’s University Hospital – 576.

On Monday morning, 592 admitted patients were waiting for beds, according to the INMO’s Trolley Watch.

432 patients were waiting in the emergency department, while 160 were in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

84 admitted patients were waiting for a bed at University Hospital Limerick – 31 in the emergency department and 53 in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

58 patients were waiting for beds at Cork University Hospital.

At University Hospital Galway, 42 patients were waiting for beds, with 31 of these in the emergency department.

At the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, 41 patients were waiting…