NINE patients are currently on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital. Four patients are in the emergency department while five are on wards elsewhere throughout the hospital. Nationally, 516 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. 397 patients are waiting in the emergency department, while 119 are in wards […]
Almost 30 patients waiting on beds in LUH
TWENTY nine patients are currently on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital. Twelve patients are in the emergency department, while a further 17 are on wards elsewhere in the hospital. Two of the patients are children under the age of 16. Nationally, 565 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley […]
Eighteen patients on trolleys at LUH
EIGHTEEN patients are currently waiting on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital. Of the 18 patients, four are waiting on a bed in the emergency department, while 14 are on wards elsewhere in the hopsital. Nationally, 560 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. 423 patients are waiting in […]
Over 20 patients waiting on beds at LUH
TWENTY one patients are currently on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital. Twelve patients are waiting on beds in the emergency department, while nine patients are currently on wards elsewhere in Letterkenny University Hospital. Nationally, 643 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. 516 patients are waiting in the […]
Almost 30 patients on trolleys in LUH this morning
There are 26 patients on trolleys in Letterkenny University Hospital this morning. Nine patients are in the emergency department, while 17 are on wards elsewhere throughout the hospital. Nationally, 704 patients have been admitted to hospital without a bed this morning according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Trolley Watch. Advertisement 552 patients […]
Over 2,300 on hospital waiting lists in Letterkenny
AT the end of March there were 2,231 adults and 70 children on active waiting lists at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH). These figures, published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), includes waiting lists for inpatient/day case, GI Scopes and outpatients. Nationally there are 490,993 on active waiting lists, all of these are waiting longer than […]
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 […]