Letterkenny University Hospital where services are resuming in a limited capacity following a ransomware attack.
Although progress has been made to get priority systems back up and running including radiology, diagnostic/laboratory and patient information systems, many of the supporting systems are still being worked on.
This means that there are many manual processes in place for example ordering X-rays and laboratory tests and also getting results back.
The hospital’s email system hasn’t been restored which makes communication between different areas of the hospital and outside the hospital more difficult and also much slower.
“Patients attending the Emergency Department are facing extremely long delays because essential services like blood tests and diagnostic services are taking much longer than usual and this is significantly increasing turnaround times for our patients. Patients needing urgent care will be prioritised.
“We ask patients to contact their GP or GP Out Of Hours Service in the first instance if their health problem is not urgent.
“We would like to thank all our patients and their families for their support at this difficult time and apologise for the current disruptions and delays.”
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