Last month’s trolley and ward watch figures have confirmed record levels of overcrowding.
Figures from the INMO show 8154 patients were on trolleys during May, a 23% increase on last year’s figure.
Letterkenny University Hospital recorded 507 patients on trolleys, the highest figure for the month of May in over a decade.
Liam Doran, General Secretary of INMO says with Donegal’s high level of acute and long-term bed closures due to nursing shortages, the hospital is being put under massive strain:
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