Hospital is in crisis over deteriorating conditions and lack of resources, say consultants and GPs in Donegal
Waiting times at Letterkenny University Hospital's emergency department have deteriorated dramatically since 2020, according to doctors at the hospital. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA
In separate letters to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, consultants at the hospital and local GPs warn the hospital is in crisis and patients attending it are at clinical risk. “We have patients who are refusing to attend the emergency department because they would ‘rather take their chances and stay at home’,” they said.Ken Early: Results didn’t match rhetoric, but at least Stephen Kenny went down trying“We have huge concerns regarding patient safety here and feel like it is an incident waiting to happen. Our patients are at risk of death and we are no longer willing to stand by and watch while little meaningful change takes place.
Deteriorating conditions in the hospital’s emergency department and a lack of resources are placing patients at risk, according to the letter.