21 people awaiting a bed at A&E in Tullamore Hospital

Today's trolley watch figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have revealed that 21 people are awaiting a proper bed at the A&E department in Tullamore Hospital.

There are currently 14 patients on trolleys with a further seven waiting in already full wards at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. 

Across the border in Portlaoise Hospital, 6 patients are awaiting a bed, while there are 25 in a similar situation in Mullingar.

Cork University Hospital is the most overcrowded hospital in the country today with 46 people awaiting a proper bed.

Nationally today, November 15, 463 patients are waiting for a proper bed.

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