Over 50 people are waiting for hospital beds across the Shannonside Northern Sound region today.
According to today's trolley watch figures from the IMNO, 51 people are on trolleys or waiting in wards at local hospitals.
University Hospital Galway has the largest figure locally and the joint highest nationally with 21 people on trolleys.
Midlands Regional Hospitals in Mullingar and Tullamore have 12 and 10 patients waiting for beds respectively.
While Sligo University Hospital and Our Lady's Hospital Drogheda both have 3 people on trolleys this afternoon.
Meanwhile, there are 3 patients awaiting beds in Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe and no waiting lists in Cavan General Hospital.
Nationally, there are 212 people on trolleys across the country today.
