32 people on trolleys at Sligo University Hospital

There were 32 people on trolleys at Sligo University Hospital on Thursday of this week (August 3) with 16 people in the emergency department and another 16 in wards elsewhere. 

Meanwhile there were eight people on trolleys in Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar while there were ten in Cavan General Hospital. 

Overall, it was reported that there were 428 admitted patients waiting for beds, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's (INMO) Trolley Watch with 290 patients waiting in the emergency department, while 138 were in wards elsewhere in the hospital.