Elderly patients waiting more than 24 hours among 123 people on trolleys in UHL as it grapples with overcrowding

HSE's own figures show 46 patients were on trolleys for more than 24 hours waiting for hospital beds in UHL. INMO reported 123 patients on trolleys, 53 in the emergency department.

Health officials made improvements at the hospital post a patient's death following a 12-hour wait in emergency before ICU admission. Staff numbers rose, and new measures aim to ease pressure.

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