13 on trolleys at Kildare's main hospital today

Overcrowding is a bigger problem at other hospitals in the eastern region

Some 13 patients were treated on hospitals at Naas Hospital today having been admitted through the accident and emergency department.

But the most overcrowded hospital in the eastern region was St Vincent's Hospital where there were 34 patients on trolleys followed by Tallaght Hospital (32).

There were 4 people on trolleys at Portlaoise Hospital and none at Tullamore Hospital.

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