Saolta Hospitals continue to struggle with overcrowding issues
Sligo university Hospital remains the third most overcrowded hospital in the entire country today. There are currently 51 patients on trollies a increase of three on yesterday’s figures. 30 of the patients are currently waiting in the Hospital’s emergency department. Another Hospital in the Saolta Group, Galway University…
30 patients on hospital trolleys waiting for beds in NW hospitals
There were 30 people waiting for a bed at the two main North West hospitals this morning. 19 people were waiting at Sligo University Hospital while a further 11 were waiting at Letterkenny. Nationally, there were 400 people waiting at hospitals across the country today. while The Irish Nurses and…
Location of Cancer Treatment Centre questioned by local campaigner
A local campaigner says a dedicated cancer centre catering to the region should be built in a more centralised location. A centre has been included in the Government’s National Development Plan for Galway University Hospital aimed at catering to patients in the West and North West. Catriona McGoldrick…
Problems filling second oncologist post in Letterkenny has led to Galway referrals
Difficulty in filling the post for a second consultant oncologist at Letterkenny Univeristy Hospital is the reason new chemotherapy referrals are being made to Galway. The Saolta Hospital Group has confirmed in a statement, that the locum covering that post has resigned to take up a position abroad and a…
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…