90 people were without a hospital bed in Kildare last month

A total of 90 people were treated on a trolley during May at Naas Hospital, having been admitted through the accident and emergency department.

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This was one of the lowest patient-on-trolley figures at hospitals in the eastern region, which includes the major Dublin hospitals.

Only Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, had less (47) people on trolleys between May 1 and May 30.

The facility worst hit by overcrowding was St Vincent’ Hospital which saw 496 people on trolleys followed by Tallaght Hospital (448) and St James’s Hospital (244).

The same period saw 86 people on trolleys at Portlaoise Hospital and there none at Tullamore Hospital.