15 patients on trolleys at Naas Hospital today with 598 patients without beds nationwide

By Kim O'Leary

There has been a 40% reduction in the number of patients on trolleys at Naas General Hospital with 15 patients on trolleys today, which is down from 26 yesterday.

According to Trolley Watch figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), there were 26 patients without beds at Naas Hospital yesterday and this has reduced to 15 today with 12 in the Emergency Department and 3 on wards elsewhere in the hospital.

Meanwhile, there are 598 patients without beds at hospitals around the country, 419 in the emergency department and 179 on wards elsewhere.

According to the INMO the worst hit hospitals today are:

St Vincent's Hospital-33

University Hospital Limerick-47

Cork University Hospital-62