The INMO says this has been the worst February on record for hospital overcrowding.
Over 1000 patients were treated on trolleys in Cork hospitals this month.
Cork University Hospital was the 3rd most overcrowded hospital in the country with 1,014 treated without a bed since the beginning of February.
284 patients were on trolleys in the Mercy University Hospital throughout the month with 36 without a bed in Bantry General.
