“We now have assurances that the 19 beds in the short-stay ward will reopen next year”. Minister Joe McHugh
Over forty posts cannot be filled at LUH – report
The Chief Operating Officer confirmed that they have experienced difficulty filling Senior Medical Scientist, Cardiac Physiologists and OT posts.
Five years left on ‘temporary site’ lease
It’s been home to 27 modern dedicated clinic rooms since existing facility at the hospital suffered significant flood damage at the end of July 2013
HSE pays €200K for ‘temporary’ Outpatients Department
In response to a detailed query, the HSE said the original rent (€81,000 per annum) was at a greatly reduced rate for a period of two years.
Hospital consultant survives ‘cold shock to the system’
Dr Kyranoudi works full-time in Greece. This is her second time to take up a short-term employment contract in Letterkenny.
Parking spaces at LUH generate €33 for public health
There are a total of 1,239 car park spaces between the two sites with 42 disabled spaces, two spaces for the elderly and 83 reserved spaces.
Donegal shuts down following status red weather warning
A status red weather warning has been put in place for Donegal and all other parts of the country. Despite earlier predictions that Donegal and the North West would escape the worst of Storm Emma and the so-called ‘Beast from the East’, a national status red weather warning was put in place last night […]
‘The need to bring back incentives to attract people’
Mr O’Rourke, who earns around €185,000 a year, has been working in Letterkenny for the past twenty-one years.
Emergency Department extremely busy
The Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital remains extremely busy today with significant numbers of patients awaiting admission to the hospital. We apologise to patients and their families for these delays. The Full Capacity Protocol has been implemented and all efforts continue to be made to identify patients who are appropriate for discharge. Management […]
Senior doctors warn that patients will die at LUH
The Department of Surgery has requested extra operating lists as they feel that two operating lists a week is the norm for a general surgery.