LUH is second most overcrowded hospital today


THERE are twenty patients waiting on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital today, according to the latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). There are 12 patients waiting on a bed in the emergency department and eight people on trolleys elsewhere in the hospital. LUH is the second most overcrowded hospital 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 […]

Major decrease in number of patients on trolleys at LUH


Just three patients are on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning. Yesterday there was 14 people awaiting beds at the hopsital, a drop of eleven this morning. One patient is currently waiting on a bed in the emergency department, with two more on wards elsewhere in the hospital. Advertisement 426 admitted patients are waiting […]

1,108 people left waiting on hospital trolleys last month


Last night in the Dáil, Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty challenged the Minister for Health on the government’s failures regarding the health service. His comments come after it was revealed that 1,108 people were on hospital trollies without beds in Letterkenny University Hospital last month. Teachta Doherty said last month, 1,108 patients at Letterkenny University Hospital […]