Overcrowding eases at Kildare's main hospital today

Eight patients were treated on trolleys at Naas Hospital today, having been admitted through the accident adn emergency department.

It was the second least overcrowded facility in the eastern region. Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown and Tallaght Hospital had no patients on trolleys.

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There were no patients on trolleys at Tullamore Hospital or Portlaoise Hospital.