A Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Trust have made an appeal to the public to avoid coming into their emergency department unless it is a medical emergency.
The Western Health and Social Care Trust took to social media to alert patients of long waiting times at the Emergency Department of the Altnagelvin Hospital.
Emergency Medicine Consultant, Sandy Nelson warned that the hospital's Emergency Department was currently in "dire straits" with 110 patients in the department and 45 waiting for a hospital bed.
