20 patients on trolleys at Tullamore Hospital

The latest trolley watch figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have revealed that 29 people are awaiting a proper bed at the A&E department in Tullamore Hospital.

There are currently 20 on trolleys while a further 9 are in already full wards at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore.

Across the border in Portlaoise Hospital, 17 patients are awaiting a bed, while there are 24 in a similar situation in Mullingar.

University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded in the country with 41 people awaiting a proper bed.

Nationally today, September 8, 362 patients are waiting for a proper bed.

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