Ten patients on trolleys at Kildare's main hospital today

The most overcrowded hospital in the east was in Dublin

Some ten patients were treated on trolleys at Naas Hospital today.

The hospital with the least overcrowding in the eastern region today was Tallaght Hospital where there were five people on trolleys and the most overcrowded was St Vincent's Hospital where 59 people were on trolleys.

There were no patients on trolleys at Tullamore Hospital and there were 7 patients on trolleys at Portlaoise Hospital.

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