Heavy overcrowding at UHG today with dozens on trolleys

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Galway Daily news 67 people on trolleys at UHG

UHG is the second most overcrowded hospital in the country today, with an eye watering 61 patients on trolleys.

In the emergency department at University Hospital Galway there are 45 patients admitted waiting for a bed, and another 16 people on trolleys in the wards.

At Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe there are another 15 patients who have been admitted with no bed available.

Of these, 10 people are waiting on trolleys in the emergency department, and another five are in the wards.

Nationwide there are 448 patients with no beds for them in Irish hospitals today according to INMO Trolley/Ward Watch figures.

University Hospital Limerick is the worst affected as usual, with 88 patients there going without a bed.

UHG reported last week that the hospital was dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks in multiple wards, putting services under great pressure.

Visiting restrictions were imposed on all five wards, where 28 virus cases were reported last Tuesday.