Despicable: Over 9,000 patients languished on trolleys in April – the highest number since records began – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

Despicable: Over 9,000 patients languished on trolleys in April – the highest number since records began




It really would make your blood boil – it’s been revealed that over 9,000 people languished  on hospital trolleys during the month of April alone.

Overall, figures have doubled over the past 10 years, after plenty of hollow initiatives undertaken by successive Governments saw the crisis continue to spiral out of control.

31-yr-old Minister for Health Simon Harris appears hell-bent on bringing in abortion legislation while the hospital trolley crisis worsens by the day.

A number of hospitals across the country regularly report warzone-like conditions at the A&E departments, with chronic overcrowding becoming the norm.

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