A Catholic Chaplain at Letterkenny University Hospital has challenged Sinn Fein to explain how their support to repeal the Eighth…
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Letterkenny University Hospital’s Junction Restaurant has attained the prestigious Happy Heart Healthy Eating Award from the Irish Heart Foundation. In…
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Remembrance ceremony to be held for those who suffered loss of a baby at LUH
by Elaine McCallig 7 years agoA special Interdenominational Service of Remembrance will be held in Letterkenny next week for those who have suffered the loss…
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Health Minister vows to review hospital car parking charges
by Elaine McCallig 7 years agoHealth Minister Simon Harris has vowed to conduct a review of the car parking charges in our hospitals and promises…
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Trolley numbers drop – but figures remain over twice the HSE’s trolley limit
by Elaine McCallig 7 years agoIn Emergency Departments across the country today, 585 patients are awaiting admission – more than double the official HSE’s policy…
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Local charity Friends of Letterkenny University Hospital are delighted to announce that they have successfully raised enough funds to commission…
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Hundreds protest over conditions at Letterkenny University Hospital
by Stephen Maguire 7 years agoHundreds of people have marched today to protest at conditions at Letterkenny University Hospital. The large crowd marched from the…
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Beyond Crisis Point: 242 occasions of overcrowding at LUH in 2017
by Rachel McLaughlin 7 years agoStaff at Letterkenny University Hospital were forced to invoke the top-level Full Capacity Protocol 242 times in the last year,…
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‘People in Donegal have had enough’: LUH protest organised
by Elaine McCallig 7 years agoA protest has been organised in Letterkenny to highlight the difficulties Donegal people face when trying to access adequate healthcare.…
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Waiting numbers at Letterkenny hospital are worst on record today
by Chris McNulty 7 years agoLetterkenny University Hospital was Ireland’s most overcrowd hospital with a staggering 56 people waiting on a bed this morning. Waiting…
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Letterkenny University Hospital is the most overcrowded hospital in Ireland today as 56 patients await admission. According to the INMO,…
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“Patient, five minutes from hospital, deceased when ambulance came an hour later”
by Chris McNulty 7 years agoSerious concerns have been raised over ambulance availability at Letterkenny University Hospital amid claims that a patient, located five minutes…
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LUH one of the most overcrowded hospitals in Ireland today as 43 await admission
by Elaine McCallig 7 years agoLetterkenny University Hospital is the third most overcrowded hospital in Ireland today. Figures released by the INMO this afternoon show…
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Senator’s ‘alarm’ over lack of Community Intervention Team in Donegal
by Elaine McCallig 7 years agoDonegal Sinn Féin Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has expressed his “serious alarm” at official HSE reports that confirm that Donegal…
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Taxi drivers in Letterkenny are taking part in a new pilot project led by the HSE and the Sustainable Energy…
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Watch: TD demands opening of maternity theatre at LUH that has stood empty for 18 years
by Elaine McCallig 7 years agoSinn Féin Deputy Pearse Doherty has today highlighted that a purpose-built maternity theatre at Letterkenny University Hospital has been lying…
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INMO: “The Irish health service is failing to either attract or retain nurses”
by Elaine McCallig 7 years agoThe Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has welcomed the publication of the Health Service Capacity Review which outlines projections of…
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Donegal Sinn Féin proposes four ways to reduce scale of trolley crisis at LUH
by Elaine McCallig 7 years agoDonegal Sinn Féin has today announced the publication of ‘Tackling the Trolley Crisis’, a four-page document discussing the ways in…
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TD slams Fine Gael’s ‘failure to tackle overcrowding crisis’ at LUH
by Elaine McCallig 7 years agoFianna Fáil TD for Donegal Charlie McConalogue says today’s record trolley figures are a damning indictment of Fine Gael’s failure…
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Christmas came early to the children’s ward at Letterkenny University Hospital after receiving a generous donation of toys funded by…