MORE THAN 50 WAIT ON TROLLIES AT GALWAY HOSPITALS

Date Published: 08-Nov-2011

There are more than 50 people waiting on trolleys at Galway public hospitals this afternoon. [8/11]

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, 41 people are waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Galway, while a further 11 are waiting on trollies at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.

Galway East Fine Gael T.D, Paul Connaughton, says the closure of Roscommon's A&E department is clearly having an impact in Galway