Health officials expect Emergency Departments to be under serious pressure over the Easter Weekend
Health officials in the north west are warning that Emergency Departments will continue to be extremely busy over the Easter bank Holiday Weekend with a high numbers of patients attending that will require admission. Health Services in the North West are asking the public to cooperate with doctors and…
Letterkenny University Hospital the most overcrowded hospital in the country
Letterkenny University Hospital is the most overcrowded hospital in Ireland today. There are currently 64 people on trolleys there today, 24 of which are in the emergency department. Meanwhile, in Sligo University Hospital, there are 34 people waiting for a bed, making it the fifth most overcrowded hospital in the…
As trolley figures soar, report shows a third of weekend cases are drink-related
Sligo University Hospital has the 4th highest numbers on trolleys in the country today. There are 32 patients waiting on wards and corridors at the Emergency Department in Sligo Today according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives organisation. That’s the same number as Galway with Cork and Limerick University Hospitals…