Consultants warn of immediate threat to patients at Letterkenny University Hospital

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Consultants warn of immediate threat to patients at Letterkenny University Hospital
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Almost 30 consultants at Letterkenny University Hospital have warned that the lives of patients are under immediate threat due to emergency department delays and inadequate facilities. They have sent a letter to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly expressing their concerns.

The lives of patients at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) are under “immediate threat” from emergency department delays and inadequate facilities, almost 30 consultants at the hospital have warned.

The hospital is facing “more insidious” risks that constitute “death by a thousand cuts”, the consultants say in a letter to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly.

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