59 people waiting on Hospital Beds in the North West
There are 59 people currently waiting for hospital beds at the North West’s two main hospitals today. Throughout the country there are 542 admitted patients waiting for beds that’s according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. 451 patients are waiting in the emergency department’s throughout the country while 91…
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…
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…
Letterkenny University Hospital most overcrowded nationally
Letterkenny University Hospital is the most overcrowded hospital in the country today. It’s the 25th consecutive day it’s been the most or second most overcrowded nationally. Letterkenny has been one the worst impacted since the 15th of November according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s Trolley Watch figures. 52…
Sligo University Hospital imposes visitor restrictions
Sligo University Hospital has issued a visitor restriction notice from today due to a stomach bug that exists in the hospital. Since this morning, the hospital is restricting access to all visitors at the facility. It’s due to the number of cases of diarrhoea and vomiting that are in the…
24 people waiting for beds across the north west today
24 people are waiting for a bed this morning at the two main acute hospitals in the north west. Letterkenny University Hospital has 17 people waiting for a bed, with a further 7 at Sligo University Hospital. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisations conduct a count around the country’s hospitals…
Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals within the top 5 with trolley figures in the country
Trolley numbers in the north west rank within the top 5 worst effected hospitals in the country today. Letterkenny University Hospitals 36 patients waiting for a bed. This means 7 people are waiting for a bed in ED and 29 on other wards spread out across the hospital. The Irish…