BREAKING: Almost 200,000 patients without beds at University Hospital Limerick over last 20 years

Nearly 200,000 patients admitted to UHL without a bed in 20 years

Nearly 200,000 patients have been left waiting for beds at University Hospital Limerick over the last 20 years,  according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation which is holding its annual conference in Dundalk this week. To coincide with this, they have published trolley watch data covering from January 1st, 2006, to today which shows […] The post Nearly 200,000 patients admitted to UHL without a bed in 20 years appeared first on Tipp F…

BREAKING: Almost 200,000 patients without beds at University Hospital Limerick over last 20 years

THERE were almost 200,000 admitted patients treated on trolleys, chairs, or other “inappropriate spaces” in University Hospital Limerick over the last 20 years. The 194,541 figure was revealed at the start of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s (INMO) annual delegate conference in Dundalk this Wednesday (May 6). The figure comes from an analysis by the INMO of its Trolley Watch figures, in which the union has been counting the number of…