Eighteen patients on trolleys at Mayo hospital today

EIGHTEEN patients are on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital today (Tuesday), according to the latest INMO Trolley Watch report.

They are split equally between the emergency department and wards elsewhere in the hospital.

Nationally, 243 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning. Some 204 patients are waiting in emergency departments, while 39 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals around the country.

Limerick University Hospital is worst affected with 75 patients awaiting beds.