Many community health services in Donegal have been suspended this week following the HSE ransomware attack.
Virtual appointments and community diagnostics have have all been impacted, as IT systems across health service remain shut down for security reasons.
A public notice has been issued today to share how measures are impacted locally:
- Attend Anywhere virtual health care appointments have been impacted and are suspended.
- All Donegal Community Diagnostics ie. X-ray are cancelled until further notice.
- If your child has an audiology appointment or you have an adult appointment please phone Donegal on 074 91 89562 or Sligo on 071 91 62647 to check if your appointment is proceeding.
- Hearing aid repairs and Earmould appointments are available. Please ring your local clinic numbers listed above.
- Prearranged Community Ophthalmic appointments in St Conals, Letterkenny are going ahead as normal.
Vaccines
Vaccinations are proceeding as normal across CHO Area 1( Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo). We wish to remind people to attend for their vaccination appointments.
The latest group that can register to get a COVID-19 vaccine are people aged 45 to 49.
We’re asking people to register on specific days to help us manage the demand.
If you are aged 47 – register on Friday 21 May, or any time after, 46 – register on Saturday 22 May, or any time after, 45 – register on Sunday 23 May, or any time after.
If you are older than this, you can still register if you haven’t already.
You can register for a COVID-19 vaccine online via HSE website or by phone, which is open from 8am to 8pm, Monday to Sunday on LoCall: 1850 24 1850 or 01 240 87870
Covid-19 Testing
Testing continues throughout the CHO Area 1 (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo).
If you have symptoms of Covid 19 please phone your GP/GP Out of Hours service who may advise you to go to the nearest Testing Centre. Those who have a GP referral or have been contacted by Contact Tracing and advised to go to a Covid 19 Test Centre can attend without an appointment. You can also attend the Testing Centre as a Walk In without an appointment if you live in the same area as the Walk In Test Centre and have not tested positive in the last 6 months. Please be advised that you may have to wait if the Testing Centre is busy on arrival.
Please check opening and closing times of your nearest Testing Centre on www.hse.ie
Test centres are operating in the following venues across CHO 1 area at these times;
Donegal at St Conal’s Healthcare Campus Letterkenny Friday 21st May 09:30am to 7pm, Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 5pm and Monday from 9.30am to 7pm.
Cleary Centre, Donegal Town is open Friday 21st May 10am to 5pm, closed on Saturday and Sunday, open on Monday from 10.30am to 5pm.
Any updates to community services are available by county at the following link Community health service updates – HSE.ie
The HSE said it is working with the National Cyber Security Centre, and with national and international experts including McAfee, to rectify the disruption of the criminal ransomware attack.
