Galway Bay fm newsroom - UHG is the most overcrowded hospital in the country today.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says there are currently 44 patients on trolleys at the hospital.
These are patients who need to be admitted, but there are no beds available to them at this time.
Nationally, over 400 people are waiting on hospital trolleys around the country this afternoon.
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