Staffing a major problem at Letterkenny Hospital, says INMO
Staffing is now a major problem at Letterkenny University Hospital, according to the INMO. Patients had to be treated in ambulances outside the hospital last night. The INMO say seven ambulances were left waiting outside as there wasn’t enough space in the hospital because of Covid 19. Letterkenny General Hospital…
INMO ‘exceptionally concerned’ over COVID situation at Letterkenny hospital
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says it is ‘exceptionally concerned’ about the situation at Letterkenny University Hospital where up to seven ambulances were waiting yesterday. It’s the latest hospital to come under pressure because of the increasing number of Covid patients. There were 65 Covid patients in Letterkenny University…
308 patients have waited for a bed in north west hospitals so far this month
308 patients have had to wait on trolleys or chairs in the north west so far this month. 224 were waiting in Sligo University Hospital and a further 84 in Letterkenny University Hospital during the month of November. This compares to 214 waiting in Sligo and 132 in Letterkenny at…
Reduction in the number of people waiting on hospital beds
The number of people waiting on a hospital bed at Sligo University Hospital has reduced today. Sligo University hospital had 22 people waiting at its Emergency Department yesterday and that figure has dropped to 7 today. There are no patients waiting on hospital beds in Letterkenny today. …
Visiting restrictions remain in north west hospitals
Management at Sligo University Hospital are reminding the public that visiting restrictions remain in place. Measures were introduced at the Hospital in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that are still being implemented with similar ones also in place at Letterkenny University Hospital. General Manager, Grainne McCann, says that other…
HSE to establish temporary storage facility at Letterkenny University Hospital
The HSE says it’s setting up a temporary storage facility at Letterkenny University Hospital after its supply warehouse for Co. Donegal was damaged in a fire. Black smoke was visible for miles after the blaze broke out at Watson plant hire in the town at around 6 o’clock…
15 people waiting on trolleys in the north west
There are 15 people waiting for a bed in the two main hospitals in the north west. 6 patients are waiting in Letterkenny University Hospital and a further 9 in Sligo University Hospital. Figures across the north west have remained low in recent months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, however,…