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Trolley Watch: 455 people waiting for beds in Irish hospitals

There were a total of 72 patients waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick
Trolley Watch: 455 people waiting for beds in Irish hospitals

Ellen O'Donoghue

There were a total of 455 patients waiting for a bed at Irish hospitals on Friday morning.

The INMO (Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation) Trolley Watch figures show 298 patients were waiting in emergency departments, while the remaining 157 were in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

There were a total of 72 patients waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick, 70 at Cork University Hospital, 68 at University Hospital Galway, and 52 at St Vincent's University Hospital.

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