21 people are waiting for a bed at St Luke’s Hospital for Carlow & Kilkenny today according to figures released by the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation.
13 are in the emergency department with the remaining eight on other wards.
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It’s more than double of the figure from yesterday when nine were without a bed.
The Ireland East Hospital Group had already appealed for people to stay away from the local A&E facility unless absolutely necessary & to instead first seek advice from their GP or pharmacist.
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