Overcrowding continues at Tullamore Hospital A&E
The hospital has experienced record levels of overcrowding in recent months
The latest trolley watch figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation today have revealed that 29 people are now awaiting a proper bed at the A&E department in Tullamore Hospital.
There are currently 20 patients on trolleys with a further 9 waiting in already full wards at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore.
Across the border in Portlaoise Hospital, 9 patients are awaiting a bed, while there are 12 in a similar situation in Mullingar.
University Hospital Galway is the most overcrowded in the country today with 34 people awaiting a proper bed at their A&E department.
Nationally today, August 17, 316 patients are waiting for a proper bed.
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