INMO: Increase Of Almost 50% In The Number Of Patients On Trolleys At Naas General.

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Friday, August 27th, 2021 11:16am

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

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Nationally, 247 people are being treated on gurneys.

There's been an increase of almost 50% in the number of people on trolleys at Naas General within the last 24 hours.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says that, on Thursday, 9 patients were on gurneys in the Emergency Dept.

That has increased to 17, today.

Nationally, 247 people are being treated on gurneys.

Cork University Hospital, where 31 people are on trolleys, is Ireland's most overcrowded hospital today.

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