ALL ELECTIVE SURGERY DEFERRED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY

Date Published: 15-Jan-2008

All elective surgery at Galway's University Hospital has been deferred as the crisis at its A and E department escalates again.There are currently 27 patients waiting on trolleys at UHG while there are 10 people waiting in the A and E department at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.All elective admissions are cancelled in UHG today so staff can deal with patients in the A and E department.Meanwhile, it's reported that a patient in Portiuncula has been waiting on a trolley for six nights.