'The health service has been under intense pressure for a long time and it is now cracking.'
Antrim Area Hospital's Emergency Department was forced to tell people to "not attend under any circumstances" after reaching "full capacity" on Saturday.
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, the Trust issued another statement saying that people should not attend the hospital under any circumstance as it had reached full capacity.It said: "Antrim Area Hospital Emergency Department has reached full capacity. Please do not attend in any circumstances. At 8am on Sunday morning, the hospital continued to be under "extreme pressure" with the Trust saying: "Please do not attend the ED unless your condition is urgent or life threatening.
East Antrim Alliance MLA Danny Donnelly said that the health service is "cracking" after being under a lot of pressure for a long time.
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