Garda Cars used to transport patients to Hospital
Gardaí have raised concerns about patrol cars being used to transport patients to hospital. The Garda Representative Association, Association says Gardaí are routinely dispatched to homes for situations that are “purely medical”. It’s emerged that in Donegal, Gardaí at the scene of an incident had to decide whether…
Shortage of critical care beds in NW hospitals
As hospitals strive to deal with the surge in Covid-19 cases, there was just one critical care bed available yesterday evening in Sligo University Hospital and none available in Letterkenny University Hospital. Sligo had two cases in its critical care unit while Letterkenny had five. The hospitals were treating a…
Fears of more and sicker patients in hospitals in coming days
136 new Covid cases were reported for Donegal yesterday evening with 14 in Sligo and fewer than 5 in Leitrim. There were 66 new cases in Cavan. Throughout the country, there are 1,770 patients with the virus in hospitals, with 176 in ICU. Yesterday saw the second highest number of…
Donegal TD calls for hospital roadmap to prevent buildup of waiting lists
A Donegal TD believes now is the time to get hospitals operational again to prevent a further buildup of waiting lists in the coming months. Fianna Fail TD, Charlie McConalogue, is making the comments after recent figures show a 19.1% increase for those waiting on day and in patient procedures…
Modest spike in Covid-19 would have a very significant impact on Health System
The HSE says many public hospitals aren’t capable of providing the safe distancing needed to protect against the spread of Covid-19. The executive will tell an Oireachtas committee today they are not ‘fit for purpose’. Leinster House’s special committee on Covid-19 will meet again this morning. According…
Hospitals deferring all except urgent procedures, appointments
From this morning, Sligo and Letterkenny university hospitals are deferring all procedures and appointments, except for very urgent cases. This is to ensure that the hospitals have the necessary capacity to deal with any increase in suspected and confirmed COVID 19 cases. In both Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals, only…
INMO issues warning over staff shortages at Sligo and Letterkenny Hospitals
Urgent warnings have been issued that under staffing of certain services must be curtailed for safety in many of the Saolta University Healthcare Group hospitals including Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals. The warnings have been issued by officials from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation who claims Saolta management should…