Letterkenny University Hospital is appealing to the public to consider all care options before attending the Emergency Department. The ED at LUH has experienced four of the busiest days on record this week, with attendances ranging from 162 up to the highest ever attendance 208 this week. As of 9am this morning there are 20 […]
Over €600,000 granted to community groups to help with increased inflation
Eighty seven Donegal voluntary and community providers will receive total funding of €625k from the Government’s ‘Inflation Fund’. Community-based and voluntary health and social care providers are being allocated the funding on a once-off basis as part of Government measures to ease cost-of-living pressures. At Budget 2023, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform announced […]
Additional walk-in Covid-19 vaccination clinics over Bank Holiday weekend in Donegal
The HSE will be operating additional walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinics this Bank Holiday weekend in Donegal. No appointment is needed and you can attend any of these walk-in clinics, located around the country, to receive your next booster vaccine if you are 18 years and over. Everyone will be offered a bivalent booster vaccine. Vaccines […]
Inishowen records lowest rate of children vaccinated
Inishowen has recorded the lowest level of children vaccinated against Covid-19. New figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have revealed that just the Primary Course Completed rate in five to eleven year olds is just 4 percent in Buncrana and Carndonagh – the lowest rate in the country. The county also recorded the second […]
HSE to offer COVID-19 vaccinations at Donegal V Kerry match
The HSE is offering people the chance to get vaccinated this weekend at the Donegal V Kerry game in Ballybofey. Donegal COVID-19 Vaccination Team will have their mobile vaccination unit outside MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey, from 12pm to 5pm on Sunday next January 29th. Those attending the Round 1 of the Allianz Football League Division 1 […]
HSE scaling down Covid-19 testing response
THE HSE is scaling down its emergency response to Covid-19 testing in 18 counties including Donegal. The contracts of testing staff in 18 counties will end in the coming days with future testing to be provided by GPS, supported by the National Ambulance Service. The plan was revealed in The Irish Times, which has reported […]
Vaccination clinics planned across county this week
COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be held across Donegal over the coming week as the HSE has urged people to get vaccinated in order to protect the healthcare system this winter. The vaccination centres and pop up mobile clinics are offering primary vaccinations and adapted bivalent booster doses to eligible cohorts. These new adapted bivalent vaccines […]
Hospital preparing for winter pressures
THE number of patients with Covid-19 at Letterkenny University Hospital has significantly increased in the last week putting huge pressure on services. It comes as health care group, Saolta announced details of its winter plan which aims to improve efficiency within the emergency department. Speaking to the Donegal News, Saolta CEO, Tony Canavan said Covid-19 […]
HSE invite those aged 55-59 in Donegal to avail of next COVID-19 booster
The HSE is now inviting those aged 55 to 59 years in Donegal to avail of their next COVID-19 booster. It must be at least four months since your last booster or since you tested positive for Covid-19 or had your first symptoms. Flu and COVID-19 viruses are now circulating in our communities and as […]
Covid-19 not to blame for hospital waiting times
A DONEGAL doctor has rejected claims that lengthy outpatient appointment times for children to be seen at Letterkenny University Hospital is solely to do with the Covid-19 pandemic. Almost 900 children are waiting for an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital, according to latest figures. Nationally, almost 20,000 children have been waiting on hospital waiting lists […]