Patients in Letterkenny waiting over a year for outpatient appointments
There has been a 25% increase in the number of patients waiting for over a year and a half to receive outpatient treatment at Letterkenny University Hospital. The figures, which are for the month of July, show that that numbers waiting in excess of 18 months to see a consultant…
As trolley figures soar, report shows a third of weekend cases are drink-related
Sligo University Hospital has the 4th highest numbers on trolleys in the country today. There are 32 patients waiting on wards and corridors at the Emergency Department in Sligo Today according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives organisation. That’s the same number as Galway with Cork and Limerick University Hospitals…
26 people on trolleys at North West hospitals
There are 26 people on trolleys at hospitals in the North West today. 16 people are waiting for a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital while ten people are waiting at Sligo University Hospital. There are almost 500 people on trolleys at hospitals around the country today with Limerick and Cork…
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…
35 people on trolleys at Letterkenny Hospital
The numbers waiting on trolleys in Letterkenny University Hospital remain very high today with 35 people waiting for admission. The numbers waiting are the third highest in the country according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Trolley Watch report. The full capacity protocol has been in place at the hospital…
Problems filling second oncologist post in Letterkenny has led to Galway referrals
Difficulty in filling the post for a second consultant oncologist at Letterkenny Univeristy Hospital is the reason new chemotherapy referrals are being made to Galway. The Saolta Hospital Group has confirmed in a statement, that the locum covering that post has resigned to take up a position abroad and a…