Letterkenny once again one of the most overcrowded hospitals in the country
Letterkenny is once again one of the most over-crowded hospitals in the country. There are nearly 30 patients on trolleys today in the Emergency Department and on wards according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives organisation. It’s the third worst affected hospital after Cork and Limerick. There are 17 on…
Average trolley-wait in Letterkenny could be solved by opening empty ward
A Donegal TD says it’s nothing short of a scandal that a ward with 19 beds remains closed at Letterkenny University Hospital despite the ongoing trolley crisis. Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty raised the issue in the Dail today. It’s a timely motion considering there are 27 people waiting on trolleys…
Letterkenny one of the most overcrowded hospitals today
Letterkenny University Hospital is one of the most overcrowded in the country today with 30 people on trolleys. That is the highest number of people waiting on trolleys in Emergency Departments and on wards after Tullamore and Cork hospitals. The figures have reduced dramatically in Sligo University Hospital today where…
People waiting for a bed increase in Sligo University Hospital compared to June 2017
Sligo University Hospital’s trolley waiting figures for June 2018 increased by 64% compared to June 2017. June last year had a total number of 88 people waiting for a bed, while this year there were a total of 247 people waiting. Letterkenny University Hospital however saw a drop of almost…
92 year-old man left on trolley in Letterkenny for almost 24 hours
A 92-year-old man who had pneumonia had to wait on a trolley for almost 24 hours at Letterkenny Unuversity Hospital. The Co Donegal hospital has regularly been one of the most overcrowded in the country in the past few months. And the full capacity protocol has remained in place at…
Former hospital manager in Donegal says no easy solution to hospital crisis
A former manager at Letterkenny University Hospital says there’s been an explosion in the demand for acute care services in recent years. Paddy Rooney was assistant General Manager at LUH from 2001 until September of last year but he started working in the hospital in a different capacity back in…
Consultant says health needs ‘practical’ and not ‘political’ solutions
A Donegal consultant says the government follows the same failed policy on tackling the crisis in our hospitals every year. Orthopaedic surgeon in Letterkenny Peter O’Rourke says the solutions found every year are political rather than practical. He says that the capacity issue is the same all year round. He…