Less patients on trolleys at Naas Hospital

Health

Reporter:

Paul O'Meara

7 Mar 2017

Email:

paul@leinsterleader.ie

There’s been a dramatic reduction in the number of patients admitted to Naas Hospital on trolleys today.

There are seven patients on trolleys at the hospital today – compared with seventeen yesterday.

The biggest overcrowding problem at any hospital in the Eastern region today is at Connolly Hosoital at Blanchardstown where 24 patients were taken in without a bed being immediately available.

There are 21 patients on trolleys at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise today, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

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