Earlier in March, it emerged that a 77-year-old man died on a hospital trolley at the RVH after waiting almost 24 hours for a bed.

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At this point in his rant, an elderly woman pulling a shopping trolley bustles past the man without even slowing and continues on her way.

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Mr Poots' action followed a public outcry over the death of a 77-year-old man who died on a hospital trolley while waiting in the emergency department at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH).

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My anxiety was not eased by the presence of steak knives with heavy wooden handles and sharp serrated blades, and a sort of diabolical trolley that was wheeled, steaming, to the table by a stout man with a pencil mustache who with the flourish of a gleaming knife indicated the meat and demanded to know where I wanted it carved.

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