THE proposed new 92-bed hospital at St Vincent’s in Athy will benefit not just the people of the town but south Kildare and the surrounding districts. That’s according to Senator Mark Wall, who raised the project recently in the Seanad.

The woman, who is in her 50s, was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital, where she remains in a critical condition.

The hospital with the highest amount of patients on trolleys is University Hospital Limerick, with 138 patients waiting for beds.