There are 74 patients on trolleys in Galway’s hospitals today, with UHG the third most overcrowded in the country once again.
At University Hospital Galway there are 59 patients without a bed, 45 on trolleys in the emergency department, and 14 in the wards.
Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe also has 15 patients without beds today, nine of them in the ED and 6 in the wards.
Figures from the INMO’s Trolley/Ward Watch show that there are 582 people on trolleys in Irish hospitals today.
The worst affected by the overcrowding are the usual suspects, University Hospital Limerick (98), Cork University Hospital (73), and UHG (59).
