15 patients awaited beds at Mayo hospital today

Fifteen patients are on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital today.

Six are in the emergency unit and nine are in wards.

Nationally, 233 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch.

Up to 195 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 38 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

The busiest hospitals are University Hospital Limerick (59 patients on trolleys) and Cork University Hospital (37).