Over 9,000 patients nationally went without a bed in August.
Some 457 patients went without a hospital bed in Naas General Hospital during the month of August.
Over 9,603 patients went without a hospital bed in Irish hospitals in the month of August, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s monthly TrolleyWatch figures.
The top five most overcrowded hospitals include:
- University Hospital Galway 1166 patients
- University Hospital Limerick 1130 patients
- Cork University Hospital 919 patients
- St. Vincent’s University Hospital 754 patients
- Sligo University Hospital 720 patients
Naas Resident and INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha commented: “For the third time this year, we have seen another monthly overcrowding record broken with 9,603 patients on trolleys through out the month of August.
“The consistently high levels of overcrowding we have seen this summer are sounding the alarm for a very bleak winter ahead unless immediate action is taken by the Minister for Health and the HSE in the form of a fully funded, winter plan.
"This plan should be published prior to the Emergency Taskforce reconvening on September. It is not good enough to publish a plan for winter when healthcare workers and patients are in the throes of a winter crisis.
“For the first time since September 2021, University Hospital Limerick is not the worst overcrowded hospital.
This is due in part to the work of the expert team led by Dr Mike O’Connor by listening to what nursing ward managers staff nurses and nursing managers have been constantly saying; and now this team are improving the operational processes in UHL which has seen significant results.
"This has been achieved by ramping up the discharge and internal/external patient flow processes through robust implementation by the Review Team.
“What has been implemented in University Hospital Limerick in the last six weeks must be replicated in other hospitals with chronic overcrowding problems," she insisted.
"It should not take this union and its members consistently shining a spotlight on problems with overcrowding for action to be taken.
“As we head into a winter of unknowns in our health service, the Minister for Health and senior HSE management must make it their business to take every step that they can to protect nurses, midwives and patients.
"We know that over 1,171 healthcare workers have contracted COVID in the past four weeks. It is vital now that the booster and flu vaccines are provided to healthcare workers.
"The health and safety of our healthcare workforce and patients depends on it," she added.
R405 Hazelhatch Road To Close Between Loughtown Road And Athgoe Road For Major Pipeline Works
Local Demonstrations To Accompany Leinster House SNA Protest Amid Growing Backlash, Says Kildare TD
"Who Will Take Care Of Our Intellectually Disabled Children When We Die?" Asks Campaign Group
Kfm Obituary Notices
'Hop To It': Locals Asked To Record Sightings Of Common Frog, Amid Low Numbers Recorded
New Online Interface To Reveal Derelict Buildings In Every Area
Revealed: Damning Moone-Timolin Cycleway Audit Cost Several Thousand In Taxpayers’ Money
Not Enough Taxis In Country, Says CCPC Amid Calls For Removal Of Uber Restrictions
