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Five patients are waiting for a trolley in the emergency department at St Luke's General Hospital in Kilkenny today (Monday), and a further four patients are waiting on the ward, according to the latest NMO Trolley Watch figures.
Nationally, 514 patients are waiting for beds, 293 are waiting in the emergency department, and 221 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.
The new local figures bring an end to last week's positive trend for the local hospital.
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No patients were being treated outside a bed at St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny on Friday, the second day in a row without any trolley use after weeks of strained capacity at the facility.
Over 400 patients were treated on trolleys last month, the highest February figure since 2022 and more than three times last year’s numbers.
The hospital has been under the spotlight during a difficult few weeks where visiting restrictions have had to be introduced to combat the spread of norovirus while politicians including the Taoiseach pledged to look into shortcomings in staffing and oncology care.
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