A call by almost 80 GPs in Donegal for urgent action at the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital has been backed by a group of consultants working there.
The consultants say they share the concerns of the doctors"regarding the clinical risk to patients arising from the deteriorating conditions in the ED and lack of hospital resources".
The GPs say:"We cannot continue to sit back and watch our patients wait for hours in ambulances at the door of the ED or on hard chairs waiting for treatments. Alternatives pathways to hospital services need to be explored." In simple terms, the letter says,"the system is broken. We no longer have faith that the current system can be fixed and appropriately managed without outside intervention , support and resources."
The consultants say that ED waiting times,"the most visible sign of a hospital in distress, have deteriorated quite dramatically since 2020".
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