Naas Hospital sees 25 patients on trolleys today due to overcrowding

There has been a dramatic increase in overcrowding at Naas General Hospital with 25 patients being treated on trolleys at the facility today.

According to figures released this morning by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), there are 25 patients on trolleys at Naas Hospital today with 21 patients in the Emergency Department and 4 on wards elsewhere.

This is an increase from 15 patients on trolleys at the Kildare facility on Friday.

Meanwhile there are 486 patients nationwide waiting on beds with 351 in emergency departments and 135 on wards elsewhere in hospitals across the country.

The worst hit hospitals today include: University Hospital Limerick-44, Cork University Hospital-38, and Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown-36.