Slight decrease in number of patients on trolleys down to 24 at Naas Hospital today

There are currently 24 patients receiving treatment on trolleys at Naas Hospital which is a slight decrease from 25 yesterday.

According to figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) this morning, there are 24 patients in total without beds at the Kildare facility today, with 20 patients in the Accident & Emergency Department and 4 on wards elsewhere.

Meanwhile 419 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning nationwide, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. It is understood that 331 are waiting in the emergency department, while 88 are on wards elsewhere in the hospitals.

The worst-hit hospitals today are: