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Number of people visiting Altnagelvin s A&E department now almost back up at pre-pandemic levels

Number of people visiting Altnagelvin s A&E department now almost back up at pre-pandemic levels Up to 200 people being treated every day at local hospital Reporter: );   ); The number of patients attending Altnagelvin Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) is back to ‘near normal levels’ as Covid-19 restrictions have eased. Pre-pandemic, up to 230 patients attended the department per day. It’s now back to almost 200 per day. Over the past year numbers attending the local A&E with fractures had reduced by 20 per cent. At a Western Trust media briefing, Geraldine McKay, Director of Acute Hospitals at the Trust, said numbers had risen because children are back outside playing again and more vehicles are on the roads.

Waiting lists: Western Trust patients waiting up to six years for surgery

Currently, the waiting times for orthopaedic surgery in the Western Trust are the longest in the region. As of April, there were 4,990 patients awaiting OP assessment. Some patients have been waiting for more than six years, with some 1,691 of these waiting for more than two years. There are 1,748 patients awaiting daycase surgery – the longest of those has been waiting for more than six years, with some 441 patients waiting for more than two years. There are 3,709 patients waiting in-patient surgery in the Western Trust, the longest for more than six years, with some 1,769 patients waiting for more than two years. A new collaborative working trial aimed at developing new ways to tackle long-standing waiting lists has been developed by the Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) at the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH).

Large increase in number of newly confirmed Covid-19 cases at Tullamore Hospital

Large increase in number of newly confirmed Covid-19 cases at Tullamore Hospital Reporter: );   ); There has been a large increase in the number of newly confirmed Covid-19 cases at Tullamore Hospital in the last 24 hours.  According to figures from the HSE contained in its Daily Operations Update for Acute Hospitals, seven new cases of the virus were confirmed at the hospital up to 8pm on Monday.  However the overall number of patients being treated for the virus at the hospital remains relatively low. There are eight patients with confirmed cases of the virus and two patients with suspected cases of the virus being treated at the hospital. Of those patients, two are being treated in the Critical Care Unit. 

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