INMO figures show 76 people waiting on hospital beds in north west
There are 76 people waiting at the North West’s two main hospitals on trollies today. 50 people were waiting on a hospital bed at Sligo University Hospital this morning, 21 were in the emergency department and 29 elsewhere in the Hospital. Meanwhile there are 16 people waiting in…
94 Covid-19 patients and 60 waiting for hospital bed in the North West
94 Covid-19 patients are being treated in the north west’s two main hospitals today. 48 people are in Letterkenny University Hospital and 46 in Sligo University Hospital; there is also one patient in the ICU in both hospitals. 1,182 people are in an Irish hospital with the virus today, 58…
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…
56 people waiting on hospital beds in north west
There are 56 people waiting on hospital beds in the north west this morning. 32 are waiting in Sligo University hospital while the number in Letterkenny stands at 24. When it comes to Emergency Departments there are currently 18 people waiting in Sligo and 10 in Letterkenny. …
115 Covid-19 patients being treated in the North West
115 Covid-19 patients are being treated in the north west’s two main hospitals today; down 15 on yesterday’s figure. 68 people are in Letterkenny University Hospital, down 16, and 47 in Sligo University Hospital, up one; there is also one patient in the ICU in both hospitals. 1,466 people are…
Donegal TD links increase of Covid cases with the removal of restrictions
A Donegal TD is calling on the government to address the pressure that Healthcare workers are currently under with the latest surge in Covid-19 cases. Deputy Thomas Pringle says Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals are among the hospitals being impacted. The Independent deputy claims there is a link…
Two Sligo Local Electoral Areas have highest Covid rates nationally
Two Local Electoral Areas in Co. Sligo have the highest 14 day incidence rate in the country according to the latest statistics. Accurate as of Tuesday, the 14th of March, the Sligo/Strandhill area had a rate of 2,636 infections per 100,000 population followed by Sligo/Drumcliffe on 2,388. The national rate…