RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON TROLLIES AT UHG
Date Published: 11-Oct-2011
"Intolerable" and "demoralising".
That's the description the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is giving to the situation at University Hospital Galway this afternoon [11/10] as trolley figures hit record levels again.
52 people are currently waiting on trolleys at the city hospital as overcrowding and closed beds continue to put pressure on services.
The Health Service Executive says it implemented its full capacity protocol yesterday and it remains in place today.
The crisis continues as 25 beds remained closed at UHG and 91 beds remain closed at Merlin Park hospital.
There are also 42 beds which could become available if patients were transferred to residential care.
Speaking to Galway Bay fm News this lunchtime, spokesperson for the INMO, Regina Durcan says it's not safe to operate under such conditions.