Over 100 patients on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick

THERE were 109 people waiting for beds on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick on Monday morning. 

A total of 47 patients were on trolleys in the Emergency Department with 62 on trolleys in wards elsewhere. 

A total of 502 patients were waiting for a bed in hospitals throughout the country according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch.

353 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 149 are in wards elsewhere in the hospitals.

The record number of patients on trolleys in UHL was 126 which was recorded in April 2022.