INMO express concern with out of control trolley figures
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is warning that health services being provided to the people of the North West is being severely challenged due under funding and lack of resources at Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals. The INMO is calling for urgent action on what they describe…
Concern mounting over recent trolley figures in the North West.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called for urgent action on ‘out of control trolley figures’ as 87 patients are waiting on a hospital bed at Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospital’s this morning. Nationally there are 603 patients are without a bed in Irish hospitals today. …
Latest trolleys watch figures show 77 people waiting on beds in the North West
There are 77 people waiting on hospital beds at the North West’s two main hospitals this morning. 39 people are waiting at Sligo University hospital and 38 and Letterkenny University Hospital according to the latest INMO Trolley watch figures. Sligo’s figure is the third highest in the Country…
Record overcrowding at local hospitals during January
Sligo and Letterkenny university hospitals were among the most overcrowded in the country for the first month of 2022. According to an Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation analysis, 817 patients waited for a bed in Letterkenny and 526 waited in Sligo. It was the worst monthly overcrowding figures for both…
87 waiting for a bed and 29 Covid-19 patients in the north west
There are 87 people waiting for admission to the north west’s two main hospitals today and 29 people are receiving treatment for Covid-19. 57 are waiting on trolleys or chairs in Letterkenny University Hospital making it the second most overcrowded once again. A further 30 people are waiting in Sligo…
80 Covid-19 patients and 66 waiting for hospital bed
A total of 80 patients with Covid-19 are in the north west today. 56 people are receiving treatment in Letterkenny and a further 24 in Sligo. There are also 66 people waiting for a bed in both hospitals today. 42 are waiting in letterkenny University Hospital and 22 in Sligo…
65 people waiting for hospital bed in the north west
There are 65 people waiting for a bed in the north west’s two main hospitals today. The latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s Trolley Watch show 36 people are waiting for a bed in Letterkenny university Hospital, 4 in the emergency department and 32 in wards elsewhere.…