Mayo emergency department overcrowding pressure ongoing

Overcrowding pressure at the emergency department of Mayo University Hospital is continuing.

Up to 25 patients are on trolleys at the Castlebar facility today.

Of those 16 are in the emergency department and nine are in wards elsewhere.

Nationally, 451 admitted patients are waiting for beds, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch.

A total of 347 patients are waiting in the emergency department while 104 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital.