68 patients in NW waiting on hospital bed

68 people in the North West are waiting on a hospital bed today.

Letterkenny University Hospital is the second most overcrowded hospital in the country with 45 admitted patients awaiting a bed.

10 people are on a trolley in the hospital’s Emergency Department while a further 35 are waiting on wards.

Meanwhile, at Sligo University Hospital, 23 people are waiting on a bed.

A total of 331 patients are waiting on a bed at hospitals across the country according to the INMO’s Trolley Watch report.

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