High number of patients left without beds at Mayo hospital

A total of 25 patients are awaiting beds at Mayo University Hospital today.

Ten are on chairs or trolleys at the facility's emergency department and 15 in wards elsewhere.

The emergency department in Castlebar is currently down 15 nurses on its roster.

Nationally, 528 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch.

Of those, 313 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 215 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.