THE Health Service Executive is being urged to open a local Minor Injury Unit (MIU) following the publication of figures that reveal Letterkenny University Hospital recorded its highest ever number of patients waiting for beds in the month of April. According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, LUH had 594 patients admitted to hospital […]
€37 million Ballyshannon Community Hospital official opening
THE new Ballyshannon Community Hospital will not be fully operational until the end of the year but the local community will today celebrate its official opening. The hospital has cost €36.7 million to develop and has already been functioning, as it has been opening up on a phased basis. There are 52 long-stay and 20 […]