Letterkenny is most overcrowded hospital in country
University Hospital Letterkenny is the most overcrowded hospital in the country today. There are 45 people waiting on hospital trolleys and in the overflow area of wards according to the latest trolley watch figures. It is a rise of 13 from the numbers waiting in the hospital yesterday. The full…
High numbers on trolleys in north west
There are exceptionally high numbers on trolleys at hospitals across the west and north west today. The number of people waiting for a bed in Letterkenny University Hospital is now 32. There are 33 people waiting on trolleys in the emergency department and on wards at University Hospital Galway. There…
30 people on hospital trolleys in north west
There are 30 people on hospital trolleys in the north west today. Twenty-nine of them are in Letterkenny University Hospital. 13 of those are in wards with 16 in the emergency department. There is one person on a trolley in Sligo University Hospital’s emergency department. In Galway University Hospital, there…
Full capacity protocol at Letterkenny University Hospital
The emergency department in Letterkenny University Hospital is extremely busy today with a significant number of patients waiting for admission. According to Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation figures there are 29 patients waiting for a bed in the hospital. A statement from the Saolta Hospital Group says the full capacity…
25 people on trolleys in Letterkenny Hospital
25 people are waiting on a bed in Letterkenny University Hospital this lunchtime. Figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show that 18 people are on trolleys with a further 7 waiting in overflow areas of wards. The Saolta hospital group confirmed to Ocean FM there are a number…
15 people waiting for hospital bed in Letterkenny
There are 15 people waiting on a bed at hospitals in the north west according to the latest trolley watch report. All 15 are in Letterkenny University Hospital with none waiting on a bed in Sligo. Nationally there are over 380 people waiting in hospitals according to the Irish Nurses…
Visiting restrictions remain at Sligo University Hospital
Sligo University Hospital and the Saolta University Health Care Group have confirmed to Ocean FM today that the visiting restrictions that have been in place at the hospital will remain for all of this week. Restrictions have now been in place for more than a week at the hospital because…