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How Are Our Hospitals Coping With Covid Case Surges?

Today there were 401 patients on hospital trolleys that didn't have access to a Hospital bed. Limeri...
JJ Clarke
JJ Clarke

6:26 PM - 15 Nov 2021



The Last Word With Matt Cooper

How Are Our Hospitals Coping With Covid Case Surges?

JJ Clarke
JJ Clarke

6:26 PM - 15 Nov 2021

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Today there were 401 patients on hospital trolleys that didn't have access to a Hospital bed.

Limerick Hospital had 48 people on trollies with CUH in Cork having 35, St. Vincents in Dublin with 23 people.

It was deemed that these patients required Hospital beds but were unable to access them.

How Are Our Hospitals Coping With Covid Case Surges?

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Tony Fitzpatrick, Director of Industrial Relations, Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation joined The Last Word to discuss.

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