20 patients on trolleys at Mayo hospital today

Twenty patients are on trolleys Mayo University Hospital today.

Eleven are in the emergency unit and nine are in wards.

Nationally, 181 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch.

Up to 149 patients are waiting in the emergency department while 32 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

The busiest hospital is University Hospital Limerick with 57 patients on trolleys.