Five on trolleys at MRH Mullingar

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

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

Nationally, the INMO reported that there are 149 people being treated on trolleys this morning, 130 in EDs and 19 on trolleys in wards. The hospital with the highest number of patients on trolleys is University Hospital Limerick (62 patients), followed by Cork University Hospital (22). There are no patients being treated on trolleys at MRH Tullamore.