Over 40 people waiting on trolleys in the North West
41 people from across the North West are waiting for hospital beds today at the 2 main regional hospitals. Letterkenny University Hospital have 22 patients without beds today with all 22 patients waiting on other wards throughout the hospital. Sligo University Hospital have 19 people without beds today with 15…
Patient numbers increase at Letterkenny Hospital ED
Letterkenny University Hospital is continuing to experience a high volume of patients at its Emergency Department today. Over 150 people have attended the ED over the last three consecutive days – this is around 40% more than usual. In a statement to Ocean FM news from the Saolta Healthcare Group…
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…
Fifty-one Donegal patients referred to Galway so far
Donegal TD Pearse Doherty has got confirmation from the HSE that so far 51 patients from Donegal have been referred to Galway for chemotherapy treatment. The HSE confirmed last week that due to difficulty in recruiting a second consultant at Letterkenny University Hospital that new chemotherapy patients had to be…
30 people on hospital trolleys in north west
There are 30 people on hospital trolleys in the north west today. Twenty-nine of them are in Letterkenny University Hospital. 13 of those are in wards with 16 in the emergency department. There is one person on a trolley in Sligo University Hospital’s emergency department. In Galway University Hospital, there…