The Emergency Department at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe is under severe pressure today.
31 people are waiting for a bed according to the INMO, with 7 on trolleys and 24 in wards elsewhere in the hospital.
Sligo University Hospital is facing similar conditions today as 19 people are waiting on trolleys and 12 are in wards.
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Local hospitals have been seeing a massive spike in people attending with flu and other respiratory conditions over the winter period.
Nationally, 663 patients are on trolleys in hospital this morning, with 138 of those waiting at University Hospital Limerick.
