University Hospital Galway is the second most overcrowded in Ireland again today, with 50 patients on trolleys this morning.
There are 41 patients on trolleys in the emergency department at UHG, and another 9 in the wards without a bed available for them.
At Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe there are just three patients without a bed, one in the emergency department and two in the wards.
Nationwide there are 549 patients in Irish hospitals with no beds for them this morning according to INMO Trolley/Ward Watch figures.
University Hospital Limerick continues to be the worst affected in the country with 106 people on trolleys.
This is followed by UHG with 50, Cork University Hospital with 47, St James’ Hospital with 37, and Tallaght University Hospital with 34.
