It is a busy start to the week for front-line staff in hospitals serving Tipperary.
According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, there are 50 patients without a bed today between University Hospital Limerick and South Tipp General.
The Limerick Hospital – which covers North Tipp, Limerick and Clare – has 34 patients without a bed today making it the most overcrowded in the country.
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In Clonmel, there are 16 patients being cared for on trolleys around the Emergency Department or in overflow areas of wards.
Nationally, there are 361 patients without a bed according to the nursing union.
