Every single emergency department in Ireland is facing a shortage in beds today.
Private hospitals must be used to create capacity in the public health system, that's the message from the INMO today.
838 people are waiting on trolleys in hospital emergency departments across the country this morning, 16 of whom are in the midlands.
Every single emergency department in Ireland is facing a shortage in beds today.
INMO Industrial Relations Official for the midlands, Bernie Stenson says that the burden of overcrowding is unsustainable: