Seven people on trolleys at Naas Hospital today

Seven people were admitted to Naas Hospital through the  accident and emergency department today without a bed being immediately available.

Only one facility - Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown (with a single patient on a trolley) - had less overcrowding in the eastern region today.

At Portlaoise Hospital there were seven people on trolleys and there was nobody on a trolley at Tullamore Hospital.

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