The Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital is extremely busy today after admitting a significant number of ill patients, many of whom remain in the ED awaiting a bed.
The Full Capacity Protocol has been implemented and all efforts continue to be made to identify patients who are appropriate for discharge.
Other actions underway in the hospital to alleviate the waiting times for patients requiring hospital admission include additional reviews and deferral of elective non-urgent procedures.
A spokesperson from the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital said they are committed to treating everyone at their ED but they treat patients strictly in order of medical priority.
“We apologise for the distress or inconvenience caused to patients and their families who are experiencing long wait times,” they said.
Today was the worst day for hospital overcrowding since records began, with 760 patients waiting on trolleys nationwide.
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