The INMO is calling for increased Covid measures.
Seven people are on trolleys in Naas General Hospital today.
493 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch.
418 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 75 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.
The University Hospital, Limerick continues the have the highest number of patients on trolleys, 83 today.
The INMO is calling for increased Covid measures, due to the impact rising Covid cases are having on hospitals.
Naas resident and INMO General Secretary, Phil Ní Sheaghdha commented: “Since the removal of the requirement to wear masks, we have seen over 39,861 people on trolleys in our hospitals while COVID cases are on the rise once again.
"While we understand that legislation is currently being prepared to legally underpin advice on mask-wearing, we cannot wait for the Oireachtas to pass legislation in the Autumn.
“We have just emerged from the worst June for hospital overcrowding on record coupled with sharp increases in Covid cases in our hospitals.
"It is a wholly unsafe environment for our members to operate in at the moment which is having implications for patient safety," she added.
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