Dr McLaughlin is one of 15 emergency medicine consultants who work between the RVH and the Mater.

BBC: Northern Ireland

Seventy-five-year-old Tony Hill was left on a trolley for 21 hours after being admitted to the RVH on Tuesday.

BBC: Elderly man's 21-hour RVH bed wait 'disgraceful'

The minister said there were currently 70 in-patient admissions per week above what had been anticipated at the RVH.

BBC: Health Committee

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.

BBC: Health Committee

Speaking to Evening Extra on Wednesday night, Mr Hill's daughter Paula Kane said there were 20 people on trolleys when she left her father at the RVH on Tuesday night.

BBC: Elderly man's 21-hour RVH bed wait 'disgraceful'

They are also angry at how management dealt with the circumstances following the death of a pensioner on a hospital trolley earlier this year in the RVH's emergency department.

BBC: Northern Ireland

He is also concerned about what he believes is a lack of additional money and forward planning that has gone into moving emergency services from Belfast City Hospital to the RVH site.

BBC: Northern Ireland

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).

BBC: Royal Victoria Hospital A&E sign