Hospital overcrowding continues in the West
Over 700 people were waiting on trolleys across the country this morning.
Hospital overcrowding in the west of Ireland continues as Emergency Departments had several people on trolleys this morning.
While there was 25 people in Mayo University Hospital, hospitals in Sligo and Galway has some of the highest overcrowding in the country, as shown by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) trolley watch
At Sligo University Hospital, 73 people were without a bed on Monday morning. 40 people were in the emergency department, with 33 bring treated elsewhere in the hospital.
At University Hospital Galway, 70 people were without a bed, with 37 people in the emergency department.
In total across the country, 714 admitted patients were waiting for beds in hospitals on Monday, with 452 patients waiting in the emergency department
