Big jump in patients on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital
Overcrowding: There are 25 patients without a bed at Mayo University Hospital today.
There are 25 patients without a bed at Mayo University Hospital today and more than 120 people languishing on trolleys and chairs at the four hospitals in the west.
The number of patients awaiting treatment at MUH has increased significantly during the past week, according to the INMO Trolley Watch figures.
A breakdown of the people on trolleys and chairs on Wednesday at MUH found there are 15 people in the emergency department and 10 patients elsewhere.
University Hospital Limerick is the worst affected by overcrowding today, with 110 patients on trolleys, while there is 88 people awaiting treatment at Cork University Hospital.
University Hospital Galway is the third most overcrowded hospital in the country with 65 patients waiting for admission.
Elsewhere, in the region 34 patients are without a bed at Sligo University Hospital and five people are waiting on trolleys or chairs at Portiuncula hospital in Ballinasloe.
The overcrowding situation at the Castlebar hospital and in the west has become considerably worse during the past six days.
On Thursday, January 18 there were just seven patients without a bed at MUH and 91 people in total on trolleys and chairs across the four hospitals in the province.
There is a total of 129 patients in the four hospitals in the west today, which equates to a jump of nearly 30%.
Meanwhile, across the country there are 654 admitted patients waiting for beds, with 446 people in the emergency department and 208 elsewhere in the hospitals.
Colm Porter from the INMO has insisted not enough is being done by the HSE and the Government to address the crisis and the figures should be a 'wake-up call' to take the necessary action.
