The region’s main hospital has seen another jump in overcrowding today.
75 people are on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation – up from 51 yesterday.
University Hospital Galway has the next highest figure in the country, with 59 patients waiting for a bed there.
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UHL is still treating 43 patients for COVID-19 as of last night, which is the highest of any facility nationwide.
8 of these patients are receiving treatment in intensive care.