Getting patients off trolleys must be a Government priority - IPA

Getting patients off trolleys in hospitals such as Cavan General should be a major priority of the incoming Government.

A recent caller to the Joe Finnegan Show, recently described conditions in the Cavan hospital as like a 'horror movie'.

However 'Pauline' also had the highest of praise for the staff who she says are run off their feet.

Stephen McMahon from the Irish Patients Association says new research suggests that waiting on a trolley has an effect on a patient's mortality