Patients waiting on hospital trolleys in Ireland 2006-2021
The number of patients waiting for a hospital bed on trolleys was over 9.5 thousand in the month of August 2019, the worst year in the provided time interval. By August 2020, numbers dropped into the three thousand range, but has rebounded in August 2021 to 6.4 thousand. Hospital overcrowding otherwise known as the 'trolley crisis' has been a problem before the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the summer of 2021, where restrictions have generally been lifted, overcrowding of hospitals has again been emerging. This statistic displays the number of individuals waiting on hospital trolleys in Ireland in the month of August 2006 to August 2021.
