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The emergency department at Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar
News trolley figures for Mayo University Hospital have been released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).
Currently in the Castlebar hospital, there are 18 patients on trolleys. 13 of them in the Emergency Department and four elsewhere.
Compared to June, the grand total numbers in the whole country have increased.
There were 7,989 patients on trolleys in June, whereas this figure has risen to 8,453 in July.
Full figures for patients currently on trolleys in Irish hospitals:
| Hospital | Region | Trolley Total | Ward Total | Total |
| St Vincent's University Hospital | Eastern | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Tallaght University Hospital | Eastern | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mater Misericordiae University Hospital | Eastern | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Beaumont Hospital | Eastern | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown | Eastern | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| St James’s Hospital | Eastern | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Naas General Hospital | Eastern | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda | Country | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Cavan General Hospital | Country | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sligo University Hospital | Country | 19 | 13 | 32 |
| Letterkenny University Hospital | Country | 13 | 20 | 33 |
| Wexford General Hospital | Country | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Tipperary University Hospital | Country | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| University Hospital Limerick | Country | 54 | 71 | 125 |
| University Hospital Galway | Country | 46 | 26 | 72 |
| Mayo University Hospital | Country | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| Portiuncula Hospital | Country | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise | Country | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar | Country | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Cork University Hospital | Country | 52 | 11 | 63 |
| Mercy University Hospital, Cork | Country | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| University Hospital Kerry | Country | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| St Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny | Country | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin | Paediatric | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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