People asked to avoid healthcare centres in an effort to contain flu
Health Care officials are urging the public not to visit hospitals and nursing homes unless absolutely necessary in an attempt to contain an outbreak of the flu virus. It comes as a Sligo nursing home has been forced to close a number of wards to visitors and 46 people are…
Trolley crisis eases nationally but 46 waiting for beds in North West
The number of people on hospital trolleys today has dropped to 395. That’s down by more than 200, since Tuesday’s peak of 612. The number of people waiting for a bed in the North West today has reduced slightly with 46 on trolleys. Letterkenny University Hospital has seen a rise…
Nursing homes & cross border deals can help alleviate trolley crisis in North West
As the overcrowding problem continues in hospitals throughout the country, there are 18 beds available in seven nursing homes in County Donegal that could be used to ease the crisis. That’s according to a survey carried out two days ago by Nursing Homes Ireland, the umbrella body for the country’s…
INMO official claims overcrowding figures are worse than figures show
An INMO official claims the overcrowding situation in some hospitals is actually worse than the union’s Trolley Watch figures suggest. INMO Industrial Relations Officer Maura Hickey told Ocean FM this afternoon the truth is not being told about the real picture in hospitals when it comes to lack of beds…
Numbers waiting on trolleys rise again in North West
While the number on trolleys is down today across the country – it’s up again in the North West hospitals. The numbers on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital has increased to 25 while the number are up just one to 23 patients on trolleys in Sligo where the numbers have…
Health Minister to meet HSE to address ‘record’ number on trolleys
The Health Minister is to meet the HSE tomorrow to discuss the new record level of people on trolleys at hospitals around the country. The daily count hit 612 yesterday with 56 of those on trolleys at Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospital. Simon Harris will meet management in the health…
56 people waiting for hospital beds in North West
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says record numbers are on trolleys at hospitals across the country today. Fifty-six people are on trolleys in the North West alone with 33 people waiting for a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital and 23 people waiting at Sligo University Hospital. The INMO says…