311 patients in first week of November waiting for hospital bed in the region
The first week of November was the worst week since the beginning of the pandemic for hospital overcrowding. A total of 311 patients were forced to wait for a bed in Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals over the week. 66 were waiting in Sligo while Letterkenny remains as one of…
No ICU capacity left in Letterkenny hospital
Letterkenny University Hospital is now among 13 nationwide that have no ICU capacity left. Among others are hospitals in Galway, Portlaoise, Navan and Naas, according to statistics from the HSE. 32 intensive care beds are available nationwide across both adult and pediatric units. The latest available figures show that 1,846…