Patients at Belfast hospitals facing 18 hour wait at emergency department

Sufferers are going through a wait of as much as 18 hours at Belfast’s important hospitals, in accordance with the Well being and Social Care Belief.

In a social media publish on Tuesday afternoon, the belief mentioned the emergency departments on the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Mater Hospital are each “exceptionally busy”.

Within the publish they added: “Anybody attending an Emergency Division with a non-urgent situation could have a really lengthy wait to be seen – at the moment as much as 18 hours within the Royal Victoria Hospital ED.

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“Please solely attend an Emergency Division in case your situation is pressing and desires quick consideration.”

The newest warning comes only a week after the belief issued an identical warning and the identical day the Northern Belief mentioned there have been 93 sufferers of their emergency division as of 9am and 72 have been ready on a mattress.