Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals within the top 5 with trolley figures in the country

Trolley numbers in the north west rank within the top 5 worst effected hospitals in the country today.

Letterkenny University Hospitals 36 patients waiting for a bed. This means 7 people are waiting for a bed in ED and 29 on other wards spread out across the hospital.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have reported that Sligo university hospital has 31 patients without a bed today with 19 in the emergency department and 12 on trolleys throughout the hospital.

593 people are waiting for a bed in hospitals across the country today with Limerick University is the highest in the country today with 65 patients waiting for a bed.