Pictures have emerged of psychiatric patients sleeping on floors at University Hospital Waterford.
The psychiatric unit at the hospital has been overcapacity, leading to patients sleeping in chairs and behind screens on the floor.
The Psychiatric Nurses Association claims there were 54 patients in the 44-bed unit earlier in the week.
Some of the images showing the conditions in University Hospital Waterford’s psychiatric units this week where patients have reportedly had to sleep on the floor and chairs pic.twitter.com/mOYpQIYzPl
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The Psychiatric Nurses Association has said it makes it impossible to deliver proper care at the unit.
Labour's Health Spokesperson Alan Kelly says there needs to be immediate action from the HSE.
He's said "We need to see how more facilities, more beds can be provided for people as we lead into a quickly vulnerable time for people.
Leading up to Christmas and into the new year this situation is obviously going to get worse."
