Overcrowding at Kildare's main hospital today

Some 22 people are being treated on trolleys at Naas Hospital today, making it the third most overcrowded facility in the eastern region today.

The most over crowded hospital in the region is St Vincent’s in Dublin, which has 46 patients on trolleys.

This is followed by Beaumont Hospital where there were 33 people on trolleys.

Tullamore Hospital had no overcrowding, according to nurses working there.

There were three people on trolleys at Portlaoise Hospital.