Written 3 weeks ago by Newsroom

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Fifty-five people await admission to Midlands hospitals this afternoon.

According to the INMO, the busiest in the region is Tullamore which has 27 patients on trolleys in the emergency department in full wards.

Twenty-six patients are without a proper bed in Portlaoise while Mullingar’s total is two.

Nationally, the figure is 416.