Six on trolleys at MRH Mullingar

There are six people being treated on trolleys at the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar this morning, according to the INMO's daily Trolley Watch survey.

All of the six patients are being treated in the hospital's Emergency Department.

Nationally, the INMO reports that there are 160 people being treated on trolleys this morning, 140 in EDs and 20 on trolleys in wards. The hospital with the highest number of patients on trolleys is University Hospital Limerick (46 patients), followed by Cork University Hospital (20). There are 10 patients on trolleys in Tullamore hospital.