Overcrowding in Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise
Published 12th Sep 2023, 11:33 GMT
The Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise was the most overcrowded in the midlands today.
Trolley Watch figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation(INMO) show that there were nine people without proper beds in the Emergency Department this morning.
In the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar there were six people without beds while in Tullamore there were no patients without beds this morning.
The INMO said nationally 525 admitted patients are waiting for beds.
According to the INMO's Trolley Watch 372 patients are waiting in the Emergency Department, while 153 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.