THE parents of a local Boxing Day baby have said they are ‘just so happy’ to have brought their little girl into the world at the most wonderful time of year. For the majority of us, the festive season is a period more magical than most. However, when one young couple living in Kilskeery look back […]
Fears SWAH could lose acute status
CONCERN is growing that the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) could lose its ‘acute’ status, after it emerged the Western Trust is considering changing the name of the hospital. Recently released minutes from a meeting of the SWAH Strategic Development Group – which was set up by the Trust to oversee the future development of the Enniskillen hospital […]
Western Trust to pilot care home scheme at SWAH
The scheme will hopefully reduce the number of SWAH ED patients coming from local care homes.
Waits twice as long for some local patients
WITH patients currently facing long waits across the North’s health service, due to severe winter pressures, here in Fermanagh some patients are waiting twice as long as everyone else, due to the current situation at the SWAH. Since the withdrawal of emergency general surgery (EGS) from the Enniskillen hospital local patients assessed as requiring urgent surgery […]
Trust urged to listen to heartbreaking stories
A YOUNG autistic boy from Clogher was left lying on the road for over an hour in a storm after being knocked down, a meeting on the future of services at South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) has heard. The family of Jayden Dempsey (11) believe the reason he suffered in cold and in pain for […]
One year on SWAH campaign ‘determined as ever’
“Everything we predicted would happen has happened, and worse – SOAS
SWAH under ‘severe pressure’ due to record patients
“We are operating at the highest levels of escalation in our hospitals and in our community services which support patient discharge.”
‘We are fed up’ – People have their say
THE PEOPLE of Fermanagh had their chance to let our local politicians know how the removal of emergency general surgery from the SWAH is impacting the community last Thursday night, and the picture they painted was grim. From injured elderly people and autistic children being left to lie in storms and freezing temperatures as the ambulance […]
SWAH meeting at the Westville tomorrow night
The meeting on the future of SWAH services tomorrow night will mark one year since emergency general surgery (EGS) was removed from the SWAH.
Ted shares lung cancer journey to help others
IT’S one of the scariest diagnoses a patient can get, but with the right support, proper awareness, and ever-advancing treatments, lung cancer doesn’t have to be a life sentence, even at its later stages. That’s the message from Derrylin man Ted O’Driscoll who has been living with Stage 3 lung cancer for over six years now. He has called for a […]