19 people wait on a bed at University Hospital Waterford but other hospitals in the region have higher number

Figures released today by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show that was 506 people on trolleys across the Country.

The largest number waiting on trolleys is at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore which had 39 people waiting on a bed.

Closer to home and at hospitals in the region numbers are also high.

Thirty six people were waiting on a trolley at Cork University hospital, while at the close by Mercy University Hospital there was eighteen people waiting for a bed.

At both South Tipperary General Hospital in Clonmel and Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny there were twenty nine people waiting for a bed.

Nineteen patients were waiting for a bed at University Hospital Waterford while at Wexford General Hospital the number waiting on a bed was eleven.