Kildare's main hospital is the least overcrowded in the eastern area

There was a single patient on a trolley at Naas Hospital today, making it the least overcrowded public hospital in the eastern region.

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By contrast, there were 30 people on trolleys at Beaumont Hospital and 26 at St Vincent's Hospital, both in Dublin.

There were seven patients on trolleys at Portlaoise Hospital and none at Tullamore.