Trolley figures at crisis level in Letterkenny University Hospital
Letterkenny is again one of the most overcrowded hospitals in the country again today. There are now 54 patients on trolleys there – that’s up from 31 people waiting yesterday. It’s one of the worst affected hospitals in the country after Limerick where there are 55 people waiting…
19 on trolleys in Donegal & Sligo
There are 19 people waiting on trolleys in North West hospitals today according to figures from the Irish Nurse and Midwives Organisation. This is significantly down from the high numbers of recent weeks. 14 patients are waiting for a bed in Letterkenny University Hospital with a further 5 on trolleys…
Letterkenny has highest numbers waiting for hospital bed nationally
Letterkenny University Hospital has the highest number of people waiting for admission today according to Irish Nurses and Midwives Figures. There are 38 people waiting on trolleys in the hospital’s emergency department and overflow area of wards, an increase of seven on yesterday’s number. The Saolta Hospital group have confirmed…
41 waiting for a bed in North West Hospitals
41 people are waiting for a hospital bed in the North West today. Trolley Watch figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organsation show that 31 of those are on trolleys in Letterkenny University Hospital. That’s the second highest number of any hospital in the country alongside University Hospital Limerick…
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…
Low numbers waiting for hospital beds in the North West
There are just 4 people waiting for a hospital bed in the North West today. All four are on trolleys in the emergency department of Letterkenny University Hospital. Over 230 people are on trolleys at hospitals across the country according to Irish Nurses and Midwives figures. South Tipperary General Hospital…
27 people waiting for hospital beds in northwest
There are 27 people waiting for a bed in the northwest this lunchtime according to trolley watch reports. Sligo University Hospital has two people waiting, one on a trolley and another in the overflow area of wards. Meanwhile Letterkenny University Hospital has 25 people awaiting a bed with 16 of…