Fears Hospital Overcrowding This Winter Could Be The Worst We've Ever Seen

3838 people were on trolleys in the midlands on Monday, the highest figure in 7 months.

Hospital overcrowding this winter could be the worst we've ever seen. 

That's according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation after 669 patients were left without a bed on Monday.

That figure was the highest amount of patients waiting on trolleys in a single day in 2022. 

The same day saw 38 people on trolleys in the midlands, the highest figure in 7 months.

General Secretary of the INMO, Phil Ni Sheaghdha, says the numbers have reached emergency levels:

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