Easing of visiting restrictions at Sligo Hospital from Monday
Visitors will no longer be required to produce proof of vaccination or immunity at Sligo University Hospital from Monday. People will still be required to book a visit in advance with the relevant ward for between 6pm and 8pm each day. Grainne McCann, Hospital manager said they are currently dealing…
INMO express concern with out of control trolley figures
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is warning that health services being provided to the people of the North West is being severely challenged due under funding and lack of resources at Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals. The INMO is calling for urgent action on what they describe…
Concern mounting over recent trolley figures in the North West.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called for urgent action on ‘out of control trolley figures’ as 87 patients are waiting on a hospital bed at Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospital’s this morning. Nationally there are 603 patients are without a bed in Irish hospitals today. …
Latest trolleys watch figures show 77 people waiting on beds in the North West
There are 77 people waiting on hospital beds at the North West’s two main hospitals this morning. 39 people are waiting at Sligo University hospital and 38 and Letterkenny University Hospital according to the latest INMO Trolley watch figures. Sligo’s figure is the third highest in the Country…
Letterkenny University Hospital second most overcrowded nationally
Letterkenny University Hospital is again the second most overcrowded hospital in the country today. There are 51 patients waiting for beds, made up of 15 in the emergency department and 36 in wards and elsewhere. The most overcrowded hospital is University Hospital Limerick, which has 54 people waiting for beds.…
Record overcrowding at local hospitals during January
Sligo and Letterkenny university hospitals were among the most overcrowded in the country for the first month of 2022. According to an Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation analysis, 817 patients waited for a bed in Letterkenny and 526 waited in Sligo. It was the worst monthly overcrowding figures for both…
Visiting by appointment only reintroduced at Sligo University Hospital
People can book to visit a patient at Sligo University Hospital from today. Visiting times are between 6pm and 8pm and a patient can have one visit per day lasting up to 30 minutes but must be pre arranged with the relevant ward before arriving at the hospital. Visitors will…