A Northern Ireland Health Trust has made an urgent public appeal to any registered or unregistered nursing staff to come into work.
The Belfast Trust has asked that any available staff get in contact to help on Thursday night and Friday at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
On Thursday evening, the trust took to social media to ask staff who could support wards to come into the hospital as they are "currently under pressure".
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