More than 9,000 treated on trolley or 'inappropriate space' in Irish hospitals last month

More than 9,000 treated on trolley or 'inappropriate space' in Irish hospitals last month

University Hospital Limerick: 2,257 people were treated on trolleys in July. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

More than 9,000 people were treated on a trolley, chair or an 'inappropriate space' in Ireland's hospitals last month.

The figures, provided by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), showed 368 people were left without a bed on Friday.

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