There are 24 patients on trolleys waiting for a bed at Mayo University Hospital today. That’s according to the INMO trolley watch figures.

It has been an extremely busy week at the Emergency Dept of the Castlebar hospital with trolley numbers in excess of twenty each day, rising to 36 on Tuesday last.

Today’s figures are the third highest nationally.

Across the country there are 220 patients waiting on trolleys.

There are 17 patients on trolleys waiting for admission to Sligo University Hospital today and 15 patients on trolleys today at University Hospital Galway.