Twenty-one patients on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital

TWENTY-ONE patients are on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital today (Tuesday).

Across the country, there were 258 admitted patients waiting for beds this morning, according to the INMO's Trolley Watch. Some 226 patients are waiting in emergency departments, while 32 are in wards elsewhere in hospitals.

At Mayo University Hospital, 12 patients are waiting in the emergency department and there are nine being accommodated elsewhere on wards in the hospital.