Five people on trolleys at Kildare's chief hospital

Overcrowding eases today at the Naas facility

Five people were treated on trolleys at Naas Hospital today having been admitted through the accident and emergency department.

The most overcrowded hospital in the eastern region was the Mater in Dublin, which had 15 people on trolleys and the least overcrowded was Connolly Blanchardstown, which had one patient on a trolley.

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