A total of 91,147 patients were on hospital trolleys for the first 11 months of the year, representing record levels. The number is a 6% increase compared to the first 11 months of 2016, and a 95% increase on the first 11 months of 2007. However, last month saw a small education in hospital overcrowding compared with 2016 figures, down 7%. The hospitals with the highest number of patients on trolleys last month were University Hospital Limerick with 878, University Hospital Cork with 651 and University Hospital Waterford with 624. “Overcrowding wards has never solved the problem, of hospital overcrowding, and this will only be done through additional acute beds.

Source: Evening echo December 04, 2017 08:15 UTC