Letterkenny University Hospital second most overcrowded nationally
Latest figures show 19 Covid patients are in Letterkenny University Hospital receiving treatment and 13 in Sligo University Hospital. Letterkenny is also the second most overcrowded hospital in the country today according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s Trolley Watch with 43 people waiting for a bed with a…
311 patients in first week of November waiting for hospital bed in the region
The first week of November was the worst week since the beginning of the pandemic for hospital overcrowding. A total of 311 patients were forced to wait for a bed in Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals over the week. 66 were waiting in Sligo while Letterkenny remains as one of…
28 patients with Covid-19 in north west hospitals
Latest figures show 19 patients are receiving treatment for Covid-19 in Letterkenny University Hospital and a further 9 in Sligo University Hospital. 436 people were in public hospitals last night, while 90 are in ICU; five of which are in Letterkenny University Hospital and 1 in Sligo University Hospital while…
Update on Sligo’s efforts to secure a Catherisation laboratory due in December
It’s likely to be a number of months before it will be known if a permanent cardiac catherisation laboratory could be provided at Sligo University Hospital. There has been a long-running campaign for a permanent cath lab, which plays a key role in the treatment of a variety of…
Limited number of elective surgeries going ahead in the Saolta Hospital Group
The impact of Covid-19 on the health system in the west and north west of the county has resulted in only a small amount of elective surgeries going ahead in the Saolta Hospital Group, which runs seven HSE hospitals including Sligo and Letterkenny University hospitals. The relatively low number…
Trolley figures still high at Letterkenny University Hospital
Letterkenny University Hospital is once again today among the hospitals with the highest number of patients waiting on hospital beds. There are currently 57 patients waiting on a bed in Letterkenny University Hospital this morning with 15 of the patients in the emergency department. University Hospital Limerick with…
31 Covid-19 patients in north west hospitals
Latest figures show there are 31 patients receiving treatment for Covid-19 in the north west’s two main hospitals. 18 are in Sligo University Hospital and 13 are in Letterkenny University Hospital. 500 people were in Irish hospitals last night with Covid-19 for the first time since February of this year.…