Sligo University Hospital reported as third most overcrowded

Sligo University Hospital is among the most overcrowded facilities in Ireland today.

According to the latest figures from the INMO Trolley Watch report, there were 42 admitted patients waiting for a bed this morning.

SUH was only behind Cork University Hospital on 81, and University Hospital Limerick with 110.

Meanwhile, Letterkenny University Hospital had 8 patients on trolleys earlier today.

Of the 567 nationally, 401 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 166 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.