University Hospital Galway is the second most overcrowded in Ireland today, with almost 60 patients admitted without any beds available.
There are 46 patients on trolleys in the emergency department at UHG this morning according to INMO data.
In the hospital’s wards, there are a further 11 patients who have been admitted with no beds.
At Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe there are five patients on trolleys, three in the emergency department and two in the wards.
Nationwide there are 558 patients in Irish hospitals with no beds available for them today INMO Trolley/Ward Watch figures show.
University Hospital Limerick is the worst affected with a staggering 112 patients on trolleys in the hospital.
This is followed by University Hospital Galway (57), St. Vincent’s University Hospital (52), St Lukes Hospital, Kilkenny (40), and Sligo University Hospital (36).
