Worst Year Since Records Began For Numbers Of Patients Waiting On Trolleys In UHK

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University Hospital Kerry sign 3THIS year has been the worst year for patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry since the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation began keeping records back in 2006.

And this November was also by far the worst on record with 208 patients waiting, compared to 92 in the same month last year.

So far this year there has been 1,548 patients on trolleys up from 1,322 last year.  The figures from 2006 to 2016 (January to November) at the hospital reads as follows;

• 2006 – 1,102

• 2007 – 456

• 2008 – 724

• 2009 – 301

• 2010 – 602

• 2011 – 647

• 2012 – 541

• 2013 – 669

• 2014 – 886

• 2015 – 1,322

• 2016 – 1,548

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