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Jane Corscadden

Belfast A&E warning as patients waiting up to 18 hours in emergency departments

A health trust in Northern Ireland has taken to social media to warn that long waits are to be expected in emergency departments.

In a post online, the Belfast Trust detailed that adult emergency departments at the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Mater Hospital are "exceptionally busy" on Tuesday.

This means anyone attending with a non-urgent condition will have a very long wait ahead, "currently up to 18 hours" in the Royal's A&E.

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