22 patients waiting on trolleys in UHK

There are 22 patients waiting on trolleys in University Hospital Kerry’s Emergency Department today.

That’s according to figures provided by the Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Organisation.

Yesterday, 26 patients were waiting for a bed at UHK.

Nationally today, there are 502 waiting on trolleys.

University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded with 67 waiting on a bed.