The Lourdes hospital in Drogheda again this week had the most number of people on stretchers and waiting to be seen.
Up to 60 patients were waiting in the accident and emergency department in the hospital on Monday and Thursday night.
Disgraceful
Three staff nurses actually started to cry and had to leave the unit to compose themselves. One patient said “the nurses were exhausted and really couldn’t cope. It wasn’t their fault, there was just too many people for the number of staff to deal with”.