THE WESTERN Trust is pleading with everyone in the community to stay at home and do all they can to stem the spread of the virus, with SWAH launching its “extreme surge planning” as it struggles to cope with the growing number of Covid patients. Trust management has warned the number of Covid positive patients […]
Vaccine ‘a no brainer’ for Fermanagh doctor
Dr O’Hare said the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh any potential small risk of the vaccine.
Care homes struggle with growing Covid challenges
JUST LIKE the SWAH, local care homes are struggling to cope with continued staff absences and the rising cases of Covid in the community. Up until the end of December there had been 20 recorded outbreaks of Covid at care homes declared to the Western Trust. At the same time, homes in the Trust area […]
Health workers concerned over Covid vaccine changes
“These are staff who have worked throughout this pandemic.”
Massive surge in local Covid cases
FERMANAGH has recorded its highest number of positive Covid cases in a single week, with more than twice as many positive test results in the past seven days than in the entire first nine months of the pandemic combined. The total number of people to have tested positive in the Fermanagh and Omagh District has […]
Silent towns as lockdown strikes us again
The streets of Enniskillen were eerily quiet this week with next to no traffic and empty car parks. Throughout the town were deserted streets with just a few retailers’ doors open. It is a sure sign that the latest lockdown restrictions have begun. In normal circumstances the town would have been busy with shoppers milling […]
Tributes for popular social worker who died from Covid
“A GREAT void” has been left in the Western Trust by the passing of popular social worker Nuala McLaughlin, who died from Covid-19 just days before Christmas. Although she was from Tyrone, Nuala (nee McAnenly) was a well known face in Fermanagh and news of her untimely death from the virus has shocked the local community, with […]
SWAH struggling to cope as Covid surges again
SWAH is currently operating beyond its funded capacity.
Special present for birthday girl Margaret
103-year-old is reunited with her husband for first time in months
Health professionals face the brunt of Covid-19
EDERNEY PHARMACIST Oran McGee is one of the very few people who has, not only worked on the frontline during a global pandemic, but somehow found the time to scoop up a Championship medal with his St Joseph’s side, in the midst of all the chaos. Eight months on the from the first outbreak of Covid-19, the 24-year-old […]