37 waiting for a hospital bed in north west
There are 37 people waiting for hospital beds in the north west today according to the latest trolley watch report. University Hospital Letterkenny has 28 waiting for a bed with 16 on trolleys and a further 12 waiting in the overflow area of wards. University Hospital Sligo has nine people…
12 patients waiting in north west hospitals today
There are 12 patients on hospital trolleys in the north west today. That’s made up of 10 in Letterkenny and two in Sligo. In University Hospital Galway, there 28 people on trolleys. There are over 350 people are on trolleys at hospitals across the country this lunchtime – with 27…
UHL guidelines being ignored by public says INMO representative
The public are ignoring guidelines from University Hospital Letterkenny and it is contributing greatly to overcrowding. That’s the view of Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation representative for the north west Maura Hickey. The hospital has been overcrowded on a number of occasions in the past two weeks, reaching a high…
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…
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…