Three people on trolleys at Kildare's principal hospital today

Three people were treated on trolleys at Naas Hospital today, having come in via the accident and emergency department.

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This was the lowest level of overcrowding the the eastern region, with the highest number of patients on trolleys (23) reported at St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin.

There were no patients on trolleys at Tullamore Hospital and a single patient on a trolley at Portlaoise Hospital.