Letterkenny Hospital the most over crowded today
440 people are waiting on a bed at hospitals across the country. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation claims 340 people are on trolley’s while a further 100 are in overflow areas of wards. According to the latest trolley watch report – Letterkenny University Hospital is the most overcrowded with…
Highest numbers waiting on trolleys in Letterkenny again today
Patients attending the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital are facing long waits again today. The hospital has one of the highest numbers of people waiting on trolleys for the second day in a row. Today there are 38 people waiting on trolleys in the Emergency Department and on wards…
Donegal-based surgeon hits out at locums for strike action
A Letterkenny-based surgeon says freelance or locum doctors are blackmailing hospitals by holding a wildcat strike. The Health Minister has called on the dispute to be resolved through proper channels. Some locum doctors have decided not to show up for work after the HSE reduced the hourly rate they are…
Three thousand beds blocked as patients can’t be discharged
Over three thousand beds at North West hospitals could have been freed up to new patients if step-down facilities were made available. New figures released to Fianna Fail TD Eugene Murphy reveal that over 1200 beds were not available in Sligo University Hospital in the first six months of this…
More Donegal patients avoiding long trip to Galway for radiotherapy
More and more Donegal patients are avoiding the lengthy trip down to Galway for cancer treatment. This week it was confirmed that the number of patients being referred from Letterkenny to Derry for radiotherapy is increasing. It’s part of a new initiative between Letterkenny University Hospital and Altnagelvin Hospital The…
North West hospitals face a €36m deficit by the end of the year
The HSE is facing a €36m deficit for hospitals in the North West alone at the start of next year. The figure was revealed at an Oirechtas Regional Health Forum briefing by the Saolta Hospital Group yesterday. €61m has been spent so far this year at Letterkenny University Hospital while…
New figures show one fifth of patients in Donegal waiting for breast cancer appointment
New figures show that one fifth of Donegal Patients are waiting more than a year for a breast cancer clinic appointment. The figures were received from the HSE by Sinn Féinn Finance Spokesperson and Donegal TD, Pearse Doherty. Of the 732 women reffered to the symptomatic breast cancer clinic at…