Hospital overcrowding across western Ireland has reached crisis levels and requires urgent intervention from the Health Service Executive, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has warned following alarming patient data. Over 34% of patients waiting on trolleys nationwide on Monday were being treated in western hospitals, highlighting the disproportionate burden facing the region’s healthcare facilities. … Read more
More than 9,200 patients were forced to receive treatment on trolleys in Irish hospitals during July, highlighting the ongoing crisis in hospital overcrowding, new figures reveal. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation recorded 9,271 patients treated on trolleys last month, with University Hospital Limerick experiencing the worst overcrowding with 2,257 patients without proper beds. University … Read more
In 2022, over 121,318 patients, including 2,777 children, were reported to have gone without a bed in Irish hospitals, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), which has called the situation “intolerable.” In Ireland, this year’s hospital overcrowding set a new record. 11,842 hospital patients who were admitted in December alone were unable … Read more