13 patients on trolleys at Mullingar today

There are 13 patients on trolleys at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar today.

The figure is according to the daily survey, Trolley Watch, carried out by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

All 13 patients are in the Emergency Ward at Mullingar.

In Tullamore there are no patients on trolleys today.

The highest number of patients on trolleys in the country today is 25, at Cork University Hospital.

The national total today is 140.

One hundred and twenty two of those patients are on trolleys in Emergency Departments and 18 are on other wards.

Three of those patients are younger than 16.