The number of patients on trolleys in emergency departments waiting for a bed today is more than double than this day last year, latest figures from the HSE reveal.
The figures from their system known as ‘TrolleyGar’ were collected from hospital reports at 8am this morning. They show that 432 patients are waiting, with 241 waiting for more than nine hours.
Five of these patients are in children’s hospitals, with three of these children waiting for more than nine hours. The system also reveals that nearly 80 patients in total have been waiting for more than 24 hours.
