10,511 patients have been forced to wait on hospital trolleys for a bed in March - making it a record-breaking month for overcrowding. 10,511 patients have been forced to wait on hospital trolleys for a bed in March - making it a record-breaking month for overcrowding. It is among a litany of records which were breached in gridlocked hospitals this month. Figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) show 3,112 patients were on trolleys in just one week. “We expect that next week’s figures will be high as our hospitals and staff continue to be overburdened particularly following the Bank Holiday weekend.

Source: Irish Independent March 29, 2018 14:37 UTC