Less overcrowding at Kildare's main health facility today

Naas Hospital was the second least overcrowded facility in the eastern region today.

There were three people on trolleys, having come in through the accident and emergency department, one more than Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, which had two on trolleys and was the least overcrowded.

There were no patients on trolleys at Tullamore Hospital and a single patient on a trolley at Portlaoise Hospital.

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