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Over 3,415 patients have gone without a bed in the week following the Easter bank holiday according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. 699 patients are without a bed in Irish hospitals today.
INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said:
The level of overcrowding in Irish hospitals this week has been extremely concerning. No part of the country seems to be immune from high levels of activity in our hospitals. Our members have indicated to us that there have been very high levels of activity across hospital sites, this is borne out in the fact that over 3,415 patients have been admitted to hospital without a bed over the last week. The Health Service Executive must outline what bespoke measures they are taking to ease hospital overcrowding at a time of year where the numbers should be decreasing not at over 500 each day. The high levels of activity have gone under the radar; this must not be allowed to continue as we head into the summer months.
The level of overcrowding in Irish hospitals this week has been extremely concerning. No part of the country seems to be immune from high levels of activity in our hospitals.
Our members have indicated to us that there have been very high levels of activity across hospital sites, this is borne out in the fact that over 3,415 patients have been admitted to hospital without a bed over the last week.
The Health Service Executive must outline what bespoke measures they are taking to ease hospital overcrowding at a time of year where the numbers should be decreasing not at over 500 each day. The high levels of activity have gone under the radar; this must not be allowed to continue as we head into the summer months.