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06 Sept 2025

Trolley numbers skyrocket as St Luke's records worrying numbers - Kilkenny Live

40 patients are awaiting a bed in St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny

There are 19 patients waiting on trolleys in the emergency department at St Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny today and a further 21 patients waiting on the wards.

The local hospital's figures this morning are the fourth highest in the country behind; University Hospital Limerick, University College Hospital Galway and St Vincent's University Hospital. 

Nationally, there are 382 patients waiting on wards across the country and a further 176 patients waiting on the wards.

That's according to the daily INMO Trolley Watch figures.

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