Twenty-eight patients on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital

IT'S busy at Mayo University Hospital again today, with 28 patients being accommodated on trolleys.

Nineteen patients are on trolleys in the emergency department and the other nine are on wards elsewhere in the hospital.

According to today's Trolley Watch figures from the INMO, 385 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning across the country. Some 310 patients are waiting in emergency departments, while 75 are in wards.