High numbers remain on trolleys
There are 25 people waiting for a bed in University Hospital Letterkenny once again today. It’s the second consecutive day with 25 people in the emergency department at the hospital. 11 of those are waiting on trolleys with 14 in the overflow area of wards according to the Irish Nurses…
Trolley numbers falling in north west
The numbers on trolleys in the north west have fallen significantly today. There are 13 people waiting for a bed in Letterkenny University Hospital with nobody waiting in Sligo. This is down from a high of almost 60 people waiting in north west hospitals on a single day last week.…
Donegal TD hits out at HSE measures to tackle overcrowding
A Donegal TD is hitting out at the HSE over its failure to put effective measures in place to manage overcrowding in hospitals like Letterkenny. Fianna Fail’s Charlie McConalogue raised the issue in the Dail yesterday after figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation showed there were 45 people…
Full capacity protocol at Letterkenny University Hospital
The emergency department in Letterkenny University Hospital is extremely busy today with a significant number of patients waiting for admission. According to Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation figures there are 29 patients waiting for a bed in the hospital. A statement from the Saolta Hospital Group says the full capacity…
15 people waiting for hospital bed in Letterkenny
There are 15 people waiting on a bed at hospitals in the north west according to the latest trolley watch report. All 15 are in Letterkenny University Hospital with none waiting on a bed in Sligo. Nationally there are over 380 people waiting in hospitals according to the Irish Nurses…
Visiting restrictions remain at Sligo University Hospital
Sligo University Hospital and the Saolta University Health Care Group have confirmed to Ocean FM today that the visiting restrictions that have been in place at the hospital will remain for all of this week. Restrictions have now been in place for more than a week at the hospital because…
20 on trolleys in Sligo University Hospital
There are twenty people on trolleys today at Sligo University Hospital. The latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show that it has the second highest figures outside Dublin. University hospital Limerick has 22 people on trolleys today, followed by 20 in Sligo, 19 in Cork and 18…