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People waiting for a bed increase in Sligo University Hospital compared to June 2017

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People waiting for a bed increase in Sligo University Hospital compared to June 2017

Sligo University Hospital's trolley waiting figures for June 2018 increased by 64% compared to June 2017.

June last year had a total number of 88 people waiting for a bed, while this year there were a total of 247 people waiting.

Letterkenny University Hospital however saw a drop of almost 26% going from 393 people waiting in June 2017 to 291 this year.

Nationally, the waiting figures for the month of June has dropped by 4%.

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Deputy General Secretary of the INMO, David Hughes said that the figure 'is still extremely high', and 'we require urgent and effective dialogue to prepare for the coming Winter.'

Andrew Mooney -