Nurse at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital says staff struggle to find space to 'treat the sickest of the sick including resuscitating patients'
BBC News NI was granted exclusive access to the area on Tuesday as part of a BBC-wide spotlight on emergency care across the United Kingdom.
Mary said he had been in an ambulance for almost two hours and, when she spoke to BBC News NI, they had been sitting in the area for about four hours."He's very distressed, he doesn't know where he is," she said."If I had my way, I would take him out now. Only I know he has to get his stitches, it's not suitable for him.
Claire has been a nurse for almost 20 years. Clearly she's held in high regard by her staff who are constantly asking her advice. Lead nurse Michael Thompson says the hospital struggles to discharge people due to a lack of domiciliary care packagesAs he arrives on his shift and checks the charts, he knows the team is in for a long night.
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