THERE were 16 patients waiting on trolleys at Kerry General Hospital today according to INMO ‘Trolley Watch’ figures released this morning.

It’s up on the 12 patients who were waiting on trolleys yesterday, while nationally today there are 465 patients waiting on trolleys in hospital around the country.

The news comes as figures for April reveal an almost 120% rise on patients waiting on trolleys compared to the same month in 2014.

There were 120 patients waiting on trolleys in April – the most since records began nine years ago – up from 55 in 2014.

So far this year, from January to April, there have been 441 people waiting on trolleys at KGH.