{"id":313746,"date":"2026-01-29T21:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/inside-a-belfast-ae-where-winter-strain-pushes-capacity-to-breaking-point-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T21:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:00:53","slug":"inside-a-belfast-ae-where-winter-strain-pushes-capacity-to-breaking-point-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/inside-a-belfast-ae-where-winter-strain-pushes-capacity-to-breaking-point-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside a Belfast A&amp;E where winter strain pushes capacity to breaking point | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/84z5uV5O3UI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Inside a Belfast A&amp;E where winter strain pushes capacity to breaking point | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/84z5uV5O3UI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Winter pressures continue to cause long waiting times at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Belfast.<\/p>\n<p>UTV saw the strain on the facility during exclusive access to the emergency department.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Rebecca Hanna is a Nurse-in-charge at the emergency department in the RVH.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &quot;The worst things I have seen are these patients lying for days, these elderly frail patients who are becoming more delirious, who potentially have a risk of becoming more unwell.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;There&#8217;s patients in lots of non-clinical spaces because the department is overcapacity.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Patients are having to be nursed in areas that they wouldn&#8217;t normally be nursed in.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This is distressing for patients too as there&#8217;s not a lot of privacy or a lot of dignity,&quot; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The only space for some patients is on a corridor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter pressures continue to cause long waiting times at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Belfast. 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