There's been a significant rise in the level of overcrowding at MidWest Hospitals this year.
There's been a significant rise in the level of overcrowding at MidWest Hospitals this year.
It comes as new figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation confirm that issues here have been in contrast to the national trend.
Last month, University Hospital Limerick made history, when it recorded the highest ever level of overcrowding of any hospital in the country, with 66 people left waiting on trolleys on one day.
That contributed to a monthly total of 789 across November, a 45% rise on the same month last year.
The situation has omproved somewhat in recent days but nonetheless, across the year, there has been a near 10% rise in trolley numbers at the region's main hospital.
Management have said attendances there have also increased.
At Ennis General Hospital, the level of overcrowding has more than doubled this year so far, with 310 people on trolleys between January and November, up from 122 in the same period in 2015.
But last month, only one person found themselves in that position.
Nationally, there was a 1% drop in the overall level of overcrowding, with hospitals in the East faring better than the rest of the country.
