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NUMBER OF PATIENTS WAITING ON TROLLIES IN GALWAY DOUBLES SINCE 2007
Date Published: 28-May-2010
851 beds are closed at Galway health facilities according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
At Merlin park hospital, the INMO claims there are 34 medical ward beds closed, 9 orthopaedic day ward beds and 27 other beds closed.
At University Hospital Galway, there are a total of 62 beds closed.
The number of people waiting on trollies at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe and UHG between January and May has doubled on the same period in 2007.
The information comes as the INMO has voted to reject the Croke Park deal.