Nurses say there were record trolley numbers at the region’s main hospital last month.
The latest figures from the INMO show 1,054 patients were left waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick across the month of March, a 3% rise on the same period last year.
The Dooradoyle facility, which was the busiest hospital in the country once again, also had its second-worst day for overcrowding last month, with 76 people on trolleys on March 19th.
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Ennis General Hospital also saw a jump in the level of overcrowding, with 32 patients left waiting on trolleys, up from 28 in March 2017.
INMO General Secretary Phil Ni Sheaghdha says the closure of beds is compounding the issue:
