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25 people currently waiting on a bed at Cavan General Hospital

Jan 10, 2023 12:44 By News Northern Sound
25 people currently waiting on a bed at Cavan General Hospital
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This day last week 931 people were without a bed.

25 people are currently waiting for a bed in Cavan General Hospital with 534 nationally waiting on hospital trolleys across the country.

This day last week the national number of people on trolleys were 931 with 14 of them in Cavan General Hospital.

Overcrowding in hospitals reached its highest levels last week since the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation began counting trolleys in 2006.

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This day last week 931 people were without a bed with 14 people on trolleys at Cavan General Hospital.

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation there is currently 25 people on trolleys in Cavan, 23 are in accident in emergency on trolleys while two are on a ward without a bed.

534 nationally are waiting on hospital trolleys across the country. 5 people are without bed in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan and in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda there is 19 patients waiting on a bed.

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