Visiting restrictions at Letterkenny Hospital
Visiting restrictions are in place at Letterkenny University Hospital today. An outbreak of a vomiting and diarrhea bug in three wards has forced the hospital to cancel all visitation. Medical Wards 5 and 3 and Surgical Ward 2 are the areas effected. In a statement the hospital confirmed that in…
47 on trolleys in North West hospitals
Letterkenny University Hospital has the third highest number of patients in the country waiting on trolleys. According to today’s Irish Nurses and Midwives Trolley Watch report there are 34 people waiting in the Emergency Department and overflow area of wards. There are 13 people waiting for admission in Sligo with…
41 people waiting on trolleys in North West
Almost 400 people are on trolleys today according to nurses. The latest report from the INMO shows University Hospital Galway is the most overcrowded with 36 people in need of a bed. There are 26 on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital and 15 in Sligo. In all 392 people are…
Leitrim patient who suffered ‘last minute surgery-cancellation’ says more people need to speak out
A Leitrim man says more people have to complain and speak out about the crisis in Irish hospitals. Dave Price went in to Sligo University Hospital last Wednesday for a hernia operation which was cancelled at the last minute due to a lack of beds. Reports over the past number…
68 patients waiting on trolleys in North West Hospitals
Two hospitals in the North West are among the worst effected by patients waiting on trolleys in the country. 36 people are waiting on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital, the second highest in the country behind Cork University Hospital according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. 15 of those…
Twenty three on trolleys today
There are 23 people on hospital trolleys in the North West today. That’s made up of 15 in Letterkenny University Hospital and 8 in Sligo University Hospital Twelve of those in Letterkenny are on wards while in Sligo, seven are in corridors and overflow areas. Overall today, there are more…
Increase in numbers on hospital trolleys
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation figures show the number of people waiting on trolleys in North West hospitals has risen today. Latest figures show that both Letterkenny and Sligo hospitals have seen trolley figures rise to 42. Sligo University Hospital has 20 people waiting in the emergency department and overflow…