Emergency Departments at Galway's public hospitals are under significant pressure today with 101 people on trolleys - 80 at UHG and 21 at Portiuncula Hospital
University Hospital Galway is the second most overcrowded hospital in the country after University Hospital Limerick with 98
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation figures show that nationally 682 admitted patients are awaiting a bed
The INMO is calling on the HSE to outline how it plans to discharge patients ahead of the coming Bank Holiday weekend
It's warning of "dangerous levels" of hospital overcrowding says there's been no let up for staff trying to care safely in "impossible conditions".