70 on trolleys at UHG and Portiuncula today

Galway Bay fm newsroom - There are almost 70 patients waiting on trolleys at Galway public hospitals today.

There are 55 patients without a bed at UHG, and a further 12 people waiting on trolleys at Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe.

Nationally, 627 people are waiting on trolleys in Irish hospitals today, which is over a hundred more than this day last week.

The most overcrowded hospital today is University Hospital Limerick with 97 patients on trolleys, followed by Cork with76