FIANNA Fáil TD for Donegal North East Charlie McConalogue has called on the Health Minister and the North West Hospital Group to immediately set a date for the reinstatement of rheumatology services at Letterkenny General Hospital.
Letterkenny hospital overspends budget by €7 million
THE budget deficit at Letterkenny General Hospital has reached almost €7m at a time when more than 2,300 adults and children are waiting more than a year for an appointment, it has emerged.
Letterkenny General Hospital: Update on flood defences
AN INTERIM report into flooding at Letterkenny General Hospital will be considered by the Letterkenny Hospital Rebuild Steering Group on Friday, September 26.
Cancer services at Letterkenny General are safe – HSE
THE Health Service Executive has moved to allay fear of cancer services being cancelled at Letterkenny general Hospital.
Visiting Restrictions for Short Stay Ward at Letterkenny General Hospital
MANAGEMENT at Letterkenny General Hospital wish to advise that visiting the Short Stay Ward in the hospital has been suspended for the time-being due to cases of norovirus on the ward.
MacLochlainn demands hospital ‘spy camera’ investigation
IT has been more than 17 weeks since a spy camera was detected at Letterkenny General Hospital and Donegal Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn has now demanded that an independent investigation must be established.
Letterkenny hospital confident of filling five vacant junior doctor posts
By Harry Walsh MANAGEMENT at Letterkenny General Hospital remain confident that five outstanding junior doctor posts will be filled in the coming weeks. It follows confirmation that 117 of the 122 Non Consultant Hospital Doctor (NCHD) posts at Letterkenny General Hospital have been filled by doctors on either contract or locum basis. Advertisement Last week, […]
Supply and demand means more patients on trolleys at Letterkenny general hospital
TOO many patients, too few beds and a downturn in the economy mean Letterkenny General Hospital must increasingly divert ill patients onto trolleys.
Outsourcing of Medical Card reviews to German company playing with people’s health – Cutliffe
INDEPENDENT Local Election candidate and member of Friends of Letterkenny Hospital, Peter Cutliffe has claimed that the outsourcing of Medical-card reviews to a German Company away from the HSE is playing with people’s lives.
Cancelled cancer operations go ahead two days late
FOUR cancer patients who had their surgery at Letterkenny General Hospital cancelled at short notice on Tuesday were expected to have their operations this morning.