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…
Close to 30 people waiting for hospital beds in NW
27 people from across the North West are waiting on trolleys for hospital beds today at the 2 main regional hospitals. Sligo University Hospital has 16 people without beds today with 11 in the emergency department and 5 patients on another wards. Letterkenny University Hospital has 11 patients without beds…
Nearly 30 people waiting beds across north west
27 people from across the North West are waiting for hospital beds today at the 2 main regional hospitals according to the INMO trolley watch figures. Letterkenny University Hospital has 7 patients without beds today with 3 waiting in the emergency department and 4 waiting on other wards throughout the…
Over 25 people waiting for a bed at the regions two main University hospitals
28 people are waiting for a bed this morning at the two main acute hospitals in the north west. Letterkenny University Hospital has 18 people waiting for a bed, with a further 10 at Sligo University Hospital. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisations conduct a count around the country’s hospitals…
North West Hospitals hit again with high number of patients on trolleys
Letterkenny University Hospital is the 3rd worst affect hospital in the country today when it comes to the number of people awaiting a bed. 46 patients are being forced to wait in Letterkenny with Sligo University Hospital also experiencing high waiting numbers with 35. The statistics come from the Irish…