Twenty-four patients on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital

THERE are 24 patients on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital this morning.

Seventeen are in the emergency department, awaiting beds, with seven more being accommodated on wards elsewhere in the hospital.

The situation is improved from yesterday (Monday) when 35 patients were being cared for on trolleys at the facility.

In hospitals across the country, there are 523 admitted patients waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. Some 418 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 105 are in wards.