18 patients on trolleys at Mullingar hospital today

The are 18 patients on trolleys at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar today, according to the Trolley Watch survey conducted daily by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

All 18 patients are in the Emergency Department.

There are no patients on trolleys at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore today.

The Mullingar figure is the third highest today.

The highest figure is 21, at University Hospital Limerick (the number at Cork University Hospital today is nine).

There are 20 patients on trolleys at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.

The national total in today's Trolley Watch is 97, 90 of whom are in Emergency Departments.

None of the patients is younger than 16.