AS the health service ‘resets’ following the peak of the Covid crisis locally, it has been proposed that A&E access should be limited to ambulances only in future. Last week the Western Trust revealed the Emergency Department (ED) at SWAH had been becoming steadily busier in recent times and demand for the service had returned […]
Union rep warns against post-Covid cuts to NHS
THE PUBLIC have been urged to be vigilant against any potential cuts to the local health service as it emerges out of the Covid surge. In recent weeks both the Department of Health and the Western Trust have announced their plans for resetting and rebuilding services. Jill Weir, who is a health campaigner and chairwoman […]
Patients returning to SWAH as Covid rate falls
AS THE Covid infection rate continues to fall locally and the Western Trust continue to restore their services, it has been revealed that the Emergency Department at SWAH is now as busy as it was before the outbreak. At a virtual press briefing last Friday, during which Trust boss Dr Anne Killgallen paid a passionate […]
Patients returning to SWAH as Covid infection rate fall
AS THE Covid infection rate continues to fall locally and the Western Trust continue to restore their services, it has been revealed that the Emergency Department at SWAH is now as busy as it was before the outbreak. At a virtual press briefing last Friday, during which Trust boss Dr Anne Killgallen paid a passionate […]
SWAH says farewell to long serving midwife
AFTER 36 years delivering countless local babies, some of whom may now even be reading this article, midwife Rosemary Lynch is preparing to say a fond farewell to her colleagues at SWAH. Having started out at the Tyrone County Hospital at 21-years-old, Rosemary has been caring for local babies and mothers here in Fermanagh […]
Bringing new life into the world during a pandemic
While Covid has changed the way we communicate and socialise with others, the way we think, shop and even move. There has been one thing that the deadly virus has not quite managed to take away or alter and that is the smile of a new parent holding their baby for the very first time. […]
Theo saddles up for good causes
A SIX year-old Enniskillen boy has raised over £1,800 for two worthy local causes. Theo Reid set off on a ten mile cycle last month in a bid to raise money for the children’s ward at SWAH and Millverne Care Home in Enniskillen. The cycling enthusiast has been keeping active since school’s closed undertaking loads […]
SWAH may play key role for new medical school
THE South West Acute Hospital may become a university training hub for future generations of doctors. Hopes are high the opening of a new medical school in Derry may help encourage medical professionals to secure employment at SWAH. Last week it was announced that a graduate medical school would be opened in 2021 at […]
Fears grow over cancer figures
The number of local referrals for serious illness has plummeted during the Covid crisis.
New role for doctor at SWAH
TAKING up a new role at the South West Acute Hospital is Dr Lisa Gilmore, the first student from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to have successfully gained a position at the Enniskillen hospital. Dr Gilmore trained in Enniskillen in her final year and has secured a postgraduate Foundation Year Programme position in […]