Three patients on trolleys at Tullamore Hospital

ACCORDING to figures released today (Tuesday, November 6) by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, three patients were waiting on trolleys at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore.

The figures show that two patients were waiting on trolleys in the Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise while the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar had 12 patients waiting on trolleys.

Nationally the figures show 271 patients were waiting with the biggest backlog (21) being at University Hospital Galway.