Leitrim patient who suffered ‘last minute surgery-cancellation’ says more people need to speak out
A Leitrim man says more people have to complain and speak out about the crisis in Irish hospitals. Dave Price went in to Sligo University Hospital last Wednesday for a hernia operation which was cancelled at the last minute due to a lack of beds. Reports over the past number…
68 patients waiting on trolleys in North West Hospitals
Two hospitals in the North West are among the worst effected by patients waiting on trolleys in the country. 36 people are waiting on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital, the second highest in the country behind Cork University Hospital according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. 15 of those…
Donegal man loses out on job due to delays having insulin pump fitted
A Donegal TD has told the Dail how a young man with diabetes from the county was unable to take up a job in Scotland because of delays in having an insulin pump fitted in Sligo University Hospital. Independent Deputy Thomas Pringle says the man concerned can go to Dublin…
Twenty three on trolleys today
There are 23 people on hospital trolleys in the North West today. That’s made up of 15 in Letterkenny University Hospital and 8 in Sligo University Hospital Twelve of those in Letterkenny are on wards while in Sligo, seven are in corridors and overflow areas. Overall today, there are more…
Mixed news for trolley numbers in North West hospitals
The number of patients waiting on trolleys in Letterkenny University Hospital has more than halved in the past 24 hours according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. 16 people are waiting for admission to the hospital today, there was 34 on trolleys there on Monday. 4 of those on…
LUH one of the most overcrowded hospitals in Ireland today
Hospitals outside of Dublin are the worst hit in terms of overcrowding levels today. Letterkenny’s figures have spiked again with 34 people on trolleys today making it one of the three worst-affected hospitals along with Cork and Limerick. Galway University Hospital has 23 people on trolleys today and the figures…
Full Capacity Protocol at LUH has lead to cancellation of one third of surgeries
A consultant surgeon at Letterkenny University Hospital has said the continued trolley crisis is leading to more and more surgeries being cancelled at the hospital. Peter O’Rourke says every time the full capacity protocol is implemented at the hospital all non-life threatening surgeries are immediately cancelled. In 2016 alone the…