The HSE has warned that high levels of flu are continuing to circulate in the community and Letterkenny University Hospital. They are reminding anyone with flu like symptoms not to visit the hospital. Today, the hospital is treating 28 patients with flu and is managing an outbreak in one ward. The HSE is asking the […]
Letter to the editor: Pressures growing on our hospital staff
I recently had to attend Letterkenny University Hospital with my wife to support a relative of hers who was very unwell. I saw an Emergency Department overcrowded with patients in corridors, and in cubicles, being attended to by a very exhausted and overstretched medical staff. At the ambulance entrance there were many ambulance personnel with […]
Thirty five patients on trolleys at LUH this morning
There are 35 patients without a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital today, according to the latest Trolley Watch figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). Of these, 16 patients are waiting on trolleys in the emergency department, while a further 19 patients are waiting for beds in wards elsewhere in the hospital. […]
HSE urge people with flu symptoms to avoid visiting Letterkenny University Hospital
Due to a sharp increase in flu cases in the community and Letterkenny University Hospital, the HSE are appealing to anyone with flu like symptoms, not to visit the hospital. Today, the HSE are treating 18 patients with flu across Letterkenny University Hospital with a particularly high number of older people and children attending the […]
Outsourcing cost of renal dialysis services revealed
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by Louise Doyle ALMOST €900,000 has been spent on outsourcing additional demand for renal dialysis for patients of Letterkenny University Hospital to hospitals in the north. That’s according to figures issued to Deputy Pádraig MacLochlainn (SF) through a Parliamentary Question he submitted on behalf of his party colleague, Cllr Gerry McMonagle. Advertisement The figure of €826,616, seen by this newspaper, […]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Staff at LUH deserve full praise
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Having recently been sent to Letterkenny University Hospital by my GP for a scan following abdominal pain, it was with a certain amount of trepidation I arrived at LUH at midday on the Tuesday, hoping to be back home that evening. However, that was not to be. As it transpired, I spent three nights in […]
Donegal HSE bright sparks scoop prestigious award
By Paul McElwee TWO Donegal healthcare professionals have received a prestigious award for their part in helping to introduce a new ‘point of care’ treatment for local patients. Catherine Kelly and Gary Gardiner, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist and Principal Paramedicine Tutor with the Letterkenny Pathfinder Team, received the Best Hospital Avoidance Award for their project, ‘Introduction of […]
Protest demanding improved cancer services to be held outside LUH tomorrow
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By Dionne Meehan A DEMONSTRATION advocating for enhanced cancer services will take place outside Letterkenny University Hospital tomorrow, Saturday, April 26. Organised by Clonmany woman, Roseena Toner, this protest will see crowds gather for a third time outside LUH to highlight the need for upgraded cancer services in the county. Advertisement Speaking to the Donegal […]
Third victim of Castlefinn collision to be laid to rest
The third victim of Friday’s fatal Road Traffic Collision will be laid to rest on Friday. Samuel Hunter of Murlog, Lifford (formerly of Cranford, Milford) was seriously injured in a road traffic collision that claimed the lives of two others in Donegal on Friday night. Mr Hunter was taken to Letterkenny University Hospital for treatment […]
LUH among most overcrowded
LETTERKENNY University Hospital (LUH) was among the five most overcrowded hospitals in the country last month. Over the first month of the year there were 709 people awaiting beds in LUH, averaging out at around 23 per day. This compares to just 247 patients waiting on beds ten years ago in January 2014. Advertisement Nationally for […]