With Health care workers taking to the picket line locally, the INMO have confirmed that 98 people are waiting on trollies at the two main Hospitals in the North West this morning.

 

With 60 people waiting on trollies Sligo University Hospital is the second most overcrowded hospital in the Country.

 

There are a further 38 in Letterkenny University Hospital.

 

The respective emergency department numbers are 36 in Sligo and 17 in Letterkenny.

 

603 admitted patients are waiting for beds in hospitals around the country today.

 

Limerick is the most overcrowded, with 82 people on trolleys, followed by Cork and Sligo University Hospitals, which both have 60.

 

The HSE says patients should prepare for significant disruption during today's public service strike.

 

Chief Clinical Officer, Dr Colm Henry is stressing urgent and critical care will continue:

 

 

 

With Health care workers taking to the picket line locally, the INMO have confirmed that 98 people are waiting on trollies at the two main Hospitals in the North West this morning.
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With 60 people waiting on trollies Sligo University Hospital is the second most overcrowded hospital in the Country.
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There are a further 38 in Letterkenny University Hospital.
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The respective emergency department numbers are 36 in Sligo and 17 in Letterkenny.
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603 admitted patients are waiting for beds in hospitals around the country today.
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Limerick is the most overcrowded, with 82 people on trolleys, followed by Cork and Sligo University Hospitals, which both have 60.
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The HSE says patients should prepare for significant disruption during today's public service strike.
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Chief Clinical Officer, Dr Colm Henry is stressing urgent and critical care will continue:
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