Mary Cahillane’s elderly father-in-law spent 18 hours waiting for a hospital bed while sitting in a wheelchair during one long day at University Hospital Limerick (UHL). “My father-in-law was in there, I think he was in there for 18 hours. He didn’t even have a trolley, he had a wheelchair,” the Limerick woman said. "A wheelchair for 18 hours; can you imagine the pain of sitting in one of those for so long and not being able to lie down? During visits to the ED, she has seen “old people, young people everybody is just thrown on a trolley".

Source: Irish Examiner November 13, 2024 17:07 UTC