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THERE were 363 patients waiting on trolleys in University Hospital Kerry during the month of November.
This was a rise of eight on the same month in 2022, but lower than the worst November in 2019 when there were 399 waiting on trolleys.
Nationally, over 11,493 patients, including 434 children, went without a bed in Irish hospitals in November according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s TrolleyWatch.
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Commenting on the level of overcrowding this November, INMO General Secretary Phil Ni Sheaghdha said:
“The sheer volume of patients who were admitted to hospitals without a bed this November are far too high. The call has to be made now ahead of what is going to be a dangerous situation to curtail non-urgent elective activity and ensure that our private hospitals are available to assist. There is absolutely no point in waiting until we are mid-crisis to act.
“The current moratorium on recruitment which is predicted to get worse in the early part of next year will require further curtailment of services and the HSE must ensure that that is planned in order to avoid this continuous discommoding of patients on the day of procedures.”
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I am surprised it isn’t worse with the amount of new arrivals into Ireland every year.
Besides;
Russell Brand on YouTube, Vaccine BOMBSHELL – 973% Increase In HEART FAILURE?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYHPED0r9Uw