The hospital has seen a significant increase in patients presenting to the hospital and many of these patients are very sick and need to be admitted.
Record level of patients attending Letterkenny Hospital
LETTERKENNY University Hospital is seeing a very significant return of patients to the hospital with ‘record numbers’ attending the Emergency Department. Saolta have said the Emergency Department (ED) is seeing record levels of attendances recently and this is putting pressure on the hospital. In particular there is pressure on bed availability in the hospital and […]
Shortfall of nurses blamed on ‘horrendous conditions’
A shortfall of around 55 nurses at Letterkenny University Hospital has been blamed on “horrendous working conditions” with nurses looking to move away from the intensity of acute hospital jobs into other areas. That is according to Neal Donohue, the INMO’s Industrial Relations Officer in the north west. He told the Donegal News yesterday that […]
Letterkenny University Hospital is ‘extremely busy’
“We ask patients to contact their GP or GP Out Of Hours Service in the first instance if their health problem is not urgent.”
Long Delays at the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital
Patients needing urgent care will be prioritised.
New Donegal Integrated Heart Failure Service set up
To coincide with European Heart Failure Awareness Week (10 to 16 May), Letterkenny University Hospital and Community Healthcare Organisation Area 1 (CHO1) has established a new Heart Failure Service which aims to support the diagnosis and treatment of people with heart failure living in Donegal. Heart failure is one of the major chronic diseases in […]
Hospital getting ready for return to ‘normal’ services
SCHEDULED surgeries and out-patient appointments will be scaled up at Letterkenny University Hospital over the coming weeks following a drop in numbers of Covid-19 cases. The majority of elective surgeries and out-patient appointments were cancelled late last year due to the significant surge in Covid-19 cases. Mr Sean Murphy, General Manager, said the hospital remains […]
Covid-19 cases in hospital drop to five month low point
THE number of Covid-19 patients in hospital in Letterkenny has fallen to its lowest level in almost five months. According to latest figures from the Health Service Executive, there were 13 patients with Covid receiving treatment in LUH, continuing a downwards trend. This compares with 99 this time last month, January 23, while there were […]
‘I wouldn’t want this illness to land on anyone’s door’
A mother has expressed her gratitude to staff in Letterkenny University Hospital after spending two weeks receiving treatment for coronavirus. Maureen Vaughan said that words could not describe her gratitude to the wonderful people who cared for her. The 57-year-old Downings woman, who was taken to hospital by ambulance on Monday, December 28, described those […]
Nurse urges public to ‘play your part’ in Covid battle
A NURSE on the front-line of the Covid-19 pandemic at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) is pleading for the public to play their part in curbing the spread of the virus. Treasa Toye, who works in the high dependency unit, admitted she and her colleagues are finding it mentally and physically draining working in these very […]