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Over 480 patients waiting for admission to hospital bed

There were 486 patients waiting for admission to a hospital bed this morning, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
Health • 21 Jan 19

High levels of overcrowding at Limerick hospital

University Hospital Limerick has the highest overcrowding levels in the country today with 69 patients waiting.
Health • 18 Sep 18

70-year-old woman 'waited 26 hours for hospital bed'

The daughter of a 70-year-old woman who was left for 26 hours on a trolley in a Dublin hospital has said her mother was forced to wait in appalling conditions with no dignity and no privacy.
Health • 13 Mar 18

Signs of improvement in hospital overcrowding - Harris

Minister for Health Simon Harris has said there is a difference between predictable and avoidable hospital overcrowding and achieving avoidable overcrowding will not be done in any one year's winter plan.
Health • 07 Feb 18

Protest over Limerick hospital overcrowding

A protest march has taken place in Limerick calling on the Government to take action on the persistent overcrowding at the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick.
News • 14 Jan 17

490,500 patients on public hospital waiting list

New hospital waiting list figures show an increase in the number of adults and children waiting for inpatient, day case and outpatient care, with a total of 490,500 awaiting treatment on the public system.
News • 11 Apr 16

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