Serious overcrowding at Naas Hospital with 25 patients on trolleys today

There are currently 25 patients receiving treatment on trolleys at Naas Hospital making it the third worst hospital for overcrowding in the country behind University Hospital and Cork University Hospital.

According to figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) this morning, there are 25 patients in total without beds at the Kildare facility today, with 23 patients in the Accident & Emergency Department and 2 on wards elsewhere.

Meanwhile, 384 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. 292 are waiting in the emergency department, while 92 are on wards elsewhere in the hospitals. The worst-hit hospitals in the country today are: