There are 34 patients on trolleys again today waiting for admission to Mayo University Hospital.
The ongoing overcrowding at the hospital is not acceptable, according to Castlebar councillor Michael Kilcoyne.
The Independent councillor, who is a member of the HSE West Forum says he has raised the problems with overcrowding at the Castlebar facility for ten years now, however, other than promIses, nothing appear to be done about it.
The Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill visited Mayo University Hospital yesterday but the councillor says the service for the people of Mayo remains the same today.
According to the INMO Trolley Watch figures nationally there are 767 patients on trolleys waiting for admission to hospitals today. There are 75 patients waiting on trolleys for beds at University Hospital Galway, 49 patients waiting for admission to Sligo University Hospital and 25 patients on trolleys at Portiuncula University Hospital.
Councillor Kilcoyne has been speaking to Midwest News Editor Teresa O’Malley…
