29 patients on trolleys at Mayo hospital today

Twenty-nine patients are on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital today.

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

A total of 261 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch.

Up to 223 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 38 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

The busiest hospital is University Hospital Limerick with 52 patients on trolleys.