Nineteen patients on trolleys at MUH today

NINETEEN patients are on trolleys in Mayo University Hospital (MUH) today.

Nationally, there are 265 patients waiting for beds in hospitals across the country, the daily Trolley Watch report issued by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation shows.

At MUH, 10 patients are waiting in the emergency department while the other nine are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.