Almost 90 waiting on trolleys at North West hospitals
Letterkenny University Hospital was the 4th most over-crowded hospital in the country when it comes to patients waiting on trolleys this morning. 47 patients were waiting on trolleys at the Donegal facility. There are an additional 40 people waiting on beds at Sligo University Hospital. Throughout the country there were…
Sligo Hospital second most overcrowded today
Sligo University Hospital is the second most overcrowded in the country today, according to the Irish nurses and Midwives Organisation’s Trolley Watch. 48 people are awaiting a bed and a further 42 are waiting in Letterkenny University Hospital. 95 people are on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick, the most impacted…
Letterkenny Hospital third most overcrowded for month of March
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation say March was the worst month on record for people awaiting a hospital bed. Letterkenny University Hospital was the third most impacted nationally with a total of 781 patients forced to wait including 12 today. Sligo University Hospital was the sixth most overcrowded around…
‘No real accolade to be in the league’ of hospital overcrowding says former INMO President
A former Irish Nurses and Midwives organisation President says it’s ‘no real accolade’ for north west hospitals to be ‘third and fourth in the league’ of hospital overcrowding. Martina Harkin Kelly made the comments following the latest INMO figures showing Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals had the third and fourth…
326 people waiting for hospital bed in the north west this week
15% of all patients waiting for a hospital bed in the country this week have been based in the north west. 326 people have been on trolleys in Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals since Monday which includes 74 across both hospitals today. 2,150 patients have been on trolleys nationally since…
70 Covid-19 patients and 49 waiting for a bed in north west hospitals
There are 70 Covid-19 patients being treated in the north west’s two main hospitals today according to the latest HSE figures. While the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s Trolley Watch shows 59 people being are waiting for a bed across Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals. 49 people are being treated…
Letterkenny University Hospital most overcrowded nationally
Letterkenny University Hospital is the most overcrowded hospital in the country today. It’s the 25th consecutive day it’s been the most or second most overcrowded nationally. Letterkenny has been one the worst impacted since the 15th of November according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s Trolley Watch figures. 52…