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Over 5,000 Patients Left On Trolleys Nationwide Since The Beginning Of September- INMO

Nursing representatives say their members are facing an 'impossible task'.

Nursing representatives say their members are facing an 'impossible task'.

5,210 patients have been left on trolleys in Irish hospitals since the beginning of September and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says that increases the likelihood of unnecessary deaths

INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha says patients spending more than 6 hours on a trolly also take longer to recover from illness:

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