Covid: Local hospitals brace for ‘significant increased demand’ for beds
The Saolta University Healthcare Group, of which Sligo and Letterkenny hospitals are part, says COVID-19 infection rates are now at an all-time high across all age groups. In relation to the Covid vaccination programme, it says that in the first instance the vaccine is being offered to hospital staff directly…
Shortage of critical care beds in NW hospitals
As hospitals strive to deal with the surge in Covid-19 cases, there was just one critical care bed available yesterday evening in Sligo University Hospital and none available in Letterkenny University Hospital. Sligo had two cases in its critical care unit while Letterkenny had five. The hospitals were treating a…
Over 25 people on trolleys in the NW
27 people from across the North West are waiting on trolleys for hospital beds today at the 2 main regional hospitals. Sligo University Hospital has 15 people without beds today with 9 patients in the emergency department and 6 on others ward. Letterkenny University Hospital has 12 patients without beds…
Trolley figures up a third on yesterday’s figure in the NW
30 people from across the North West are waiting on trolleys for hospital beds today at the 2 main regional hospitals. Sligo University Hospital has 21 people without beds today with 14 patients in the emergency department and 7 on others ward. Letterkenny University Hospital has 9 patients without beds…
Over 40 people across North West waiting for a bed
41 people from across the North West are waiting on trolleys for hospital beds today at the 2 main regional hospitals, according to INMO trolley watch figures. Sligo University Hospital has 16 people without beds today with 12 in the emergency department and 4 patients on another wards. Letterkenny University…
Over 80% of patients happy with SUH care
Over 80% of patients at Sligo University Hospital have reported to have a positive experience at the hospital in 2019. That’s according to a recent survey by the National Inpatient Experience Survey. The National Inpatient Experience Survey is a nationwide survey that offers patients the opportunity to describe their experience…
Nursing homes say more than 30 beds available in north west that could ease hospital overcrowding
There are more than 30 beds available in nursing homes in the north west that acute hospitals could use for discharged patients so as to free-up much-needed beds. That’s according to Nursing Homes Ireland, which says that, as of yesterday evening, there were 19 nursing home beds available in Donegal,…