Small number on trolleys at MRH Mullingar today

There were five 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 five patients were being treated in the hospital's Emergency Department.

Nationally, the INMO reports that there are 147 people being treated on trolleys this morning, 130 in EDs and 17 on trolleys in wards. The hospital with the highest number of patients on trolleys is University Hospital Limerick (44 patients), followed by Cork University Hospital (18). There are 14 patients on trolleys in Tullamore hospital.