Twenty-two patients on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital

IT'S another busy morning at the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital.

There are 22 patients on trolleys at the hospital, with 14 in the emergency department and a further eight patients being cared for on wards elsewhere in the facility.

Nationally, 270 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. Some 204 patients are waiting in emergency departments, while 66 are in wards.