Donegal TD welcomes any measures that would ease strain on Hospitals
A Donegal TD has expressed concern with the Health service coping under the strain of the surge in winter virus infections. Sligo University Hospital has confirmed that it’s currently battling outbreaks of both flu and Covid-19. The HSE has set up a National Crisis Management Team to…
Almost 80 people awaiting admission at North West hospitals
There were almost 80 people waiting for a bed at the two main North West hospitals this morning. According to the latest trolley watch report, there were 31 people waiting at Sligo University Hospital while a further 48 were waiting at Letterkenny. Letterkenny is once again the second…
Disruptions expected in Hospitals today as medical scientists engage in industrial action
The HSE’s warning patients to expect ‘significant disruption’ in hospitals today, due to industrial action. It involves 2,100 medical scientists, who are picketing over pay and career development issues. They’re refusing to carry out routine lab services from 8am to 8pm today. The strike action is…
Over 50 people waiting for a bed at North West Hospitals
There were over 50 people waiting for a bed at North West Hospitals this morning. The latest figures from the INMO show that 39 people were waiting at Sligo University Hospital while a further 12 were waiting at Letterkenny University Hospital. Nationally, there 480 patients were waiting for…
Letterkenny hospital again the second most-overcrowded in country
Letterkenny University Hospital is again the second most-overcrowded hospital in the country today. It has 54 patients waiting for beds, made up of 16 in the emergency department and 38 in wards and elsewhere. University Hospital Limerick has the highest number of patients waiting — the figure there is 111.…
Letterkenny hospital second most-overcrowded in country
Letterkenny University Hospital is the second most-overcrowded hospital in the country today. Fifty-eight patients are waiting for beds in the hospital; 17 are in the emergency department with 41 in wards and elsewhere. University Hospital Limerick, with 86 patients waiting for beds, is the most overcrowded in the country today.…
74 waiting on hospital beds in north west
Letterkenny University Hospital has the second-highest number of people waiting on hospital beds in the country this morning. There are currently 52 people waiting on a bed. Only University Hospital Limerick has a higher figure of 59. There are 74 people waiting on hospital beds at the two main hospitals…