St Luke’s hospital for Carlow and Kilkenny is among the most overcrowded in the country today.
Trolley figures from the INMO show there are 27 admitted patients waiting for a bed locally.
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16 are still waiting in the emergency room with 11 on trolleys in various other wards.
The latest HSE figures available say there are 21 confirmed cases of Covid-19 at St Luke’s but none are ill enough to need intensive care.
