Menu of poems served up at LUH


FOOD for the soul in the form of a ‘menu of poems’ was served up on wards in Letterkenny University Hospital to celebrate Poetry Day Ireland. Over 10,000 people in healthcare settings and waiting rooms around the country received the Menu on Poetry Day on Thursday last, which were selected by Poet Theo Dorgan. The anthology includes Mary O’Malley’s […]

Delays accessing diagnostic tests impacting LUH gynaecology service


DELAYS in access to diagnostic tests has been raised as a risk impacting the gynaecology service at Letterkenny University Hospital, an inspection has found. A two-day inspection by Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has disclosed a lack of capacity at Saolta group level was a factor in continuing to transfer women for gynae-oncology and urogynaecology cases to Dublin. The […]

Moves to ease pressures on Oncology clinic


SAOLTA’S Chief Operations Officer has said she acknowledges the impact the current significant capacity deficit in the Haematology Oncology Day Unit at Letterkenny University Hospital is having on patients. Ann Cosgrove said the deficiency has resulted from a combination of a reduction in treatment chair capacity from 13 to 11 in order to maintain social distancing in the context of […]

Letterkenny fourth most overcrowded hospital in the country


Letterkenny University Hospital is the fourth most over-crowded hospital in the country today. According to today’s INMO Trolley Watch, 41 patients are currently on trolleys at LUH with five of those patients aged under 16. Fourteen of the patients are in the emergency department while 27 patients are on wards elsewhere in the hospital. Advertisement […]

Over 40 patients on trolleys at LUH today


There are 47 patients on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning.  Seventeen patients are in the emergency department while 30 are on wards elsewhere throughout the hospital. 598 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. 443 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 155 are in […]

Elective surgeries postponed as LUH ‘extremely busy’


SOME elective surgeries at Letterkenny Univeristy Hospital have been postponed due to high numbers of people attending and lack of bed availability.  Monday saw 167 attendances at the Emergency Department with over 150 attending yesterday March 30th. As of 9am this morning there are 34 patients awaiting a bed in ED with high attendances continuing this […]

Mass exodus of staff from HSE in Donegal


ALMOST two staff a day under the age of 50 resigned from Donegal HSE last year. The majority of resignations were tendered by Letterkenny University Hospital employees. Freedom of Information figures released to the Donegal News show that 173 staff left the organisation in 2022. A breakdown of the figures reveal 116 LUH employees vacated their jobs. Eighteen staff resigned from Local Health Office […]

Letterkenny third most over crowded hospital in country 


LETTERKENNY University Hospital is the third most over crowded hospital in the country with 53 people awaiting beds this morning.  Of the 53, 25 patients are in the emergency department while 28 patients are on wards elsewhere. University Hospital Limerick has the highest number of patients awaiting beds with 97 on trolleys, followed by Cork […]

Letterkenny University Hospital remains extremely busy


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 […]