Poor conditions in healthcare system ‘enraging’ as 639 sick people left without beds on Thursday morning
‘Maddening’ situation
Of those waiting on trolleys on Thursday morning, 473 were in EDs and 166 elsewhere in wards. In Dublin’s three principal children’s hospitals, 10 patients were on trolleys. However, there were no patients on trolleys in the Midlands Regional Hospitals in Portlaoise and Tullamore, Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan or at University Hospital Waterford.The crisis in capacity follows what has been described as a perfect storm in respiratory and viral illness, and has antagonised an already creaking hospital system.
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