All non-urgent elective procedures to be curtailed

Its in a bid to tackle hospital overcrowding.

The emergency department taskforce met this afternoon to discuss the ongoing crisis and to set out measures to deal with it.

There are 555 patients waiting on trolleys around the country today, compared to last Wednesday's record high of 677.

General Secretary of the INMO Phil Ni Sheaghda says there's a concern we haven't seen the worst of it ye.

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