The ransomware attack on the HSE IT system will disrupt many services across Letterkenny University Hospital for at least the rest of the week.
A statement issued this evening by hospital group Saolta has warned of severe continuing impacts including the cancellation of all outpatient clinics.
The emergency department is also experiencing major delays because existing IT systems are not working.
The following are the cancellations and expected fall-out from the incident.
CANCELLATIONS
· All outpatient clinics are cancelled.
· All diagnostics including x-ray, CT scans, MRI appointments and cardiac investigations are cancelled.
· Endoscopy services are cancelled.
· All elective inpatient and day-case procedures are cancelled; a small number of procedures may go ahead and in this event patients will be contacted directly.
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Patients can expect significant delays in the Emergency Department as existing IT systems are not in use and the manual workarounds in place are time-consuming.
Where possible patients should bring their existing patient number or hospital number with them when they come to the hospital or any letter that they have received from the hospital as this will contain information which will make it easier to find existing medical records.
We ask patients to contact their GP or GP Out Of Hours Service in the first instance if their health problem is not urgent.
GOING AHEAD
Maternity services and dialysis treatment will go ahead.
Patients should attend their chemotherapy appointments unless contacted and advised otherwise.
Ongoing updates on service disruptions will be provided on hse.ie and on saolta.ie
