By Louise Doyle LETTERKENNY University Hospital has spent almost €4.5 million on private ambulances in just under a three-year period. Figures obtained by the Donegal News through the Freedom of Information Act reveal that from 2021 to end of September 2023, LUH incurred costs of €4,391,293. Advertisement The highest cost incurred over the three-year period […]
Eleven per cent rise in attacks on ambulance staff
by Louise Doyle THE safety of employees is a ‘priority concern’ for the HSE National Ambulance Service the organisation has insisted, as figures show an 11 per cent rise in attacks against staff. Information released to the Donegal News through a request under the Freedom of Information Act shows there have been 40 reports of violence, harassment and aggression […]
Emergency services will not face blockades during rally weekend
by Louise Doyle AMBULANCES and other emergency services will not be prevented in the course of their line of duty during rally weekend, the latest Donegal Joint Policing Committee (JPC) has been told. Plans are underway to ensure that there will be no blockades to emergency services during the popular annual sporting event next month. Advertisement […]
Plans confirmed for opening of new Buncrana ambulance service base – McConalogue
DONEGAL Fianna Fáil TD, and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, today confirmed that he has received confirmation from the National Ambulance Service that they plan to locate a new physical base in Buncrana from September of this year. This is good news for Buncrana and Inishowen and will build on the […]
Call for additional ambulance crews in Donegal
THE government has been urged to provide at least three additional ambulances and crews in Donegal to prevent a worsening of the ‘crisis’ within the service. Donegal Independent TD Thomas Pringle has called for extra crews to be installed at Killybegs station, Inishowen and in either Ballybofey or Lettekenny. Speaking in the Dail he said, “Killybegs […]
No second ambulance for South West Donegal–Pat the Cope
Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher calls for more ambulance cover for South West Donegal
New North West BUMBLEance picks up its first passenger
Nine-month old Oisín Boyle from Glenties, is the first child in Donegal to use the brand new BUMBLEance service in the North West. Oisín, who suffers from severe seizures following a brain injury, was picked up at 5am on Monday, driven to his hospital appointment at Our Lady’s children’s Hospital, Crumlin, and returned home later […]
Ambulance with young patient broke down
AN ambulance transporting a young patient from Donegal to Dublin broke down outside Letterkenny last month, resulting in the need for another vehicle