The general public have been suggested to keep away from attending Antrim Space Hospital except their situation is “pressing”, with the Northern Belief confirming 94 individuals have been ready within the Emergency Division on Tuesday morning.
The Belief stated the hospital was at “full capability” as of 8.30am and stated 66 sufferers have been additionally awaiting a mattress on the web site.
In an announcement on social media, Belief officers stated: “We're asking individuals to not attend except their situation is pressing or life threatening and to make use of various companies.
"To assist us liberate beds, we additionally want sufferers who're match for discharge to just accept placements which are instantly out there.”
In the meantime, the Southern Well being and Social Care Belief stated each their EDs at Craigavon and Daisy Hill Hospitals are “extraordinarily busy with giant numbers of sufferers awaiting admission”.
"Please solely attend in case your situation is pressing or life threatening. In case your situation is much less pressing, it's possible you'll face an extended wait,” they stated.
"We're interesting for the total co-operation of sufferers, households and carers in supporting discharge and serving to us to liberate a lot wanted beds.”
The lengthy ready occasions come as a number one Northern Irish GP claimed July this yr is “worse than any winter” the well being service has ever skilled.
Dr Alan Stout, chair of the GP committee of the BMA, stated the present strain proper throughout the system has by no means been seen in his lifetime and steered not simply this winter however “the following variety of years” will likely be “terribly tough”.
Talking to BBC NI he added: “If there may be ever a quiet interval in well being it's July, [but] July this yr is worse than any winter that now we have ever skilled in well being,” he stated.
“If you happen to look proper throughout well being, take a look at the pressures basically observe – now we have by no means had strain like this basically observe. By no means ever in my lifetime.”