Meanings of severe overcrowding in English

The detainees reported severe overcrowding, sparse water and food, and limited healthcare.

Lack of food caused many to starve, and severe overcrowding led to the spread of diseases.

The hospital admitted, however, that it had to deal with severe overcrowding in its casualty department.

Along with severe overcrowding and gang violence, riots and breakout attempts in Brazil's prisons are not uncommon.

The accident and emergency department at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar remains off call today due to severe overcrowding.

There were high levels of severe overcrowding, with large numbers of people living in houses of multiple occupation (HMOs).

The area of north Kensington had extremely severe overcrowding, really bad landlords, people facing eviction and being thrown out into the street.

Dr Patrick Plunkett said he activated the plan on Thursday morning in response to severe overcrowding in the hospital's accident and emergency department.

This unnecessary imprisonment of people who, under Malawi's own laws, should have the opportunity for bail, has led to severe overcrowding in prisons.

Nursing unions and management at Beaumont Hospital will meet this afternoon to discuss recent beds closures that contributed to severe overcrowding last weekend.

Nurses in University Hospital Limerick and other Midwest region hospitals have voted in favour of industrial action in response to the issue of severe overcrowding.

Beaumont Hospital in Dublin should be taken off-call for dealing with emergency patients immediately for an extended period due to severe overcrowding, nurses have urged.

Severe overcrowding, filthy cells and violence continue to be serious problems in the country's prisons, Inspector of Prisons Judge Michael Reilly has said.