There were 760 admitted patients waiting for a hospital bed this morning, the highest number since January 2020, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
INMO General Secretary Phil NÃ Sheaghdha said the level of overcrowding is a danger to both patients and staff.
The hospital worst affected is University Hospital Limerick with 92 patients, with 76 waiting for a bed at University College Cork and 49 waiting at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin.
There were also 39 patients waiting for a bed at the three children’s hospitals – 19 at Children’s Health Ireland Crumlin, 15 at the National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght and five at CHI Temple Street.
Today’s figure equals the highest number previously reported on 6 January 2020.
Ms NÃ Sheaghdha said the overcrowding was entirely predictable and that “behind these figures are patients who are being stripped of their dignity and privacy while being deemed sick enough to be admitted to hospital.
“We know that more often than not our members are working in conditions that are unsafely staffed, meaning that providing safe care in an overcrowded environment is impossible.”
She called for serious and immediate intervention from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly.
INMO warns of dangerous overcrowding as 760 on trolleys
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