The hard working team at Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) are still working tirelessly in the background to restore emergency surgery at the SWAH.
Fr Gary Donegan set to undergo second surgery today
FERMANAGH cleric Fr Gary Donegan is set to undergo surgery today (Wednesday) after he suffered ‘another bleed’ in his eye. In December, the Newtownbutler priest revealed that he had to have an operation to restore the sight in his right eye after losing his vision a few weeks ago when a bleed to it caused extensive damage. […]
New Health Minister must move quickly on SWAH – SOAS
Appeal to new Health Minister comes following a report which called for debate on future of SWAH maternity services.
Fermanagh patients face over two-year wait for surgery
IN NEWS that will be surprising to few in Fermanagh, a new online system to show waiting times for health services across the North has confirmed patients here face significantly longer waiting times for certain procedures than patients elsewhere. ‘My Waiting Times NI’ was launched last week by the Department of Health to improve and […]
Patient’s long, painful journey from SWAH to Altnagelvin
The daughter said what her mother, and other local patients, had gone through was “a disgrace”.
Western Trust announces SWAH consultation event details
All events will be ticket only, so make sure to get booked!
Trust claims SWAH not attractive to new consultants
The Western Trust did not comment on the alleged exchange regarding the job advertisements.
Councillor and daughter ‘lucky to be alive’ after crash
Cllr Greene said it “doesn’t bear thinking about” what would have happened if it had been worse and no emergency surgery was available at the SWAH.
Concern growing as SWAH surgery announcement expected
There are fears for the impact the removal of acute surgery would have on many other SWAH services.
Call for grassroots campaign to save SWAH surgery
“It would indefensible to shut down emergency surgery at SWAH.”