21 patients without beds at Naas General Hospital today

There are 21 patients receiving treatment on trolleys at Naas General Hospital today due to overcrowding at the Kildare facility.

According to figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) this morning, there are 21 patients in total without beds at the Kildare facility today, with 17 patients in the Accident & Emergency Department and 4 on wards elsewhere.

Nationwide 485 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. It is understood that 348 are waiting in the emergency department, while 137 are in wards elsewhere in the hospital. The worst-hit hospitals today are: