26% drop in people waiting on a bed at LUH in June


There has been a drop in the number of people waiting on a bed at hospitals across the country last month, compared to 2017.
At Letterkenny University Hospital there were 291 patients awaiting admission to the hospital in June, down 26% from the previous year but up almost 2000% compared to figures from the same month 10 years ago.
Nationally there has been a 4% decrease in the number of people on trolleys. Last month 6861 people were on trolleys at hospitals across the country, down from 7124 the previous year.

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