454 Patients Waiting For Hospital Beds Nationwide

21 patients are waiting at Midlands hospitals.

454 admitted patients are waiting for hospital beds today.

286 of those are in emergency departments and 168 are in wards elsewhere, according to INMO data.

There's been a steep rise in the number of people waiting for a bed in Portlaoise with 16 on trolleys today, double the number of eight yesterday.

The figure in Mullingar is five.

University Hospital Limerick accounts for the largest number of people on trolleys with 77, followed by University Hospital Galway with 53.

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