Patients will suffer without increased bed capacity, Dr

Patients will suffer without increased bed capacity, Dr

One of the country's leading emergency medicine consultants has warned that patients will continue to suffer waiting on trolleys for an acute bed unless the capacity issue in our hospitals is addressed.

Over 600 patients waiting for beds in Irish hospitals

419 patients are waiting in the emergency departments, while 187 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.

MP vows to help more NHS patients off waiting lists

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