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Over 50 waiting for a bed at local hospitals

Nov 13, 2025 13:40
By Shannonside News
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Over 50 waiting for a bed at local hospitals

Nationally, there are 435 patients waiting for a bed in hospitals today.

A local hospital is the third busiest in the country today, according to the latest trolley watch figures from the INMO.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says over 400 patients were waiting for a bed at facilities nationwide.

Sligo University Hospital is the busiest in the region and third busiest in the country today with 35 people waiting for bed.

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This includes 20 in the Emergency Department and 15 elsewhere in the hospital.

Meanwhile, there are 14 patients on trolleys at Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar and Portiuncula University Hospital in Ballinasloe there were 2.

Nationally, there are 435 patients waiting for a bed in hospitals today.

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University Hospital Limerick is the busiest facility in the country with 64 people waiting on trolleys.

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