The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says radical measures are needed to deal with what it calls the 'truly shocking' number of people on trolleys.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says radical measures are needed to deal with what it calls the 'truly shocking' number of people on trolleys.
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New figures by the INMO show there were 612 patients in need of a bed today – beating the previous record of 495, set in 2006.
University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded with 46 people in need of a bed.
The union says there were 94 thousand on trolleys last year – compared to 50 thousand in 2007 when the situation was declared a 'National Emergency'.
General Secretary of the INMO Liam Doran says much more needs to be done
