Record 1.7 million patients treated in Irish hospitals last year
According to the HSE, a record of number of patients received emergency care, almost 29,000 more than the previous year
A record 1,694,512 people received emergency care in Irish hospitals last year, according to new figures.
The HSE’s 2023 hospital figures, published today, show a record number of people received day-case care, attended outpatient appointments, and received hospital care as inpatients from January to December last year.
The total of almost 1.7m patients receiving emergency care is approximately 29,000 more than the total treated in 2022, and almost 180,000 more than the total recorded during 2019, the year before the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic.
The HSE’s figures also show a steady increase in the number of people being treated at injury units, with a total of 165,098 attendances in 2023, up from 147,419 in 2022 and 99,222 in 2019.