In an effort to ease overcrowding at Letterkenny General, patients from the south of the county are being diverted to Sligo General Hospital while GPs have been asked ‘treat people in the community.’
This morning, the hospital had 27 people over its bed complement, many of them on trolleys, and some on chairs.
The Management’s measures to ease the over-crowding were revealed to the INMO during a meeting with management this morning.
Spokesperson Maura Hickey says that while they welcome the short term measures, the problem remains that Letterkenny General does not have enough staff to match demand:
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