TEACHERS at St Kevin’s College were the target as kind hearted Aoife O’Donnell raised funds for the Paediatric Diabetic Unit at SWAH. Year 9 pupil Aoife O’Donnell organised a very successful ‘Soak the Teacher’ event on Thursday lunchtime. 13-year-old Aoife was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in April 2017. Since then, she has received […]
Raised eyebrows at new weight loss surgery at SWAH
THERE has been a mixed reaction to news SWAH could be getting the North’s first ever weight loss surgery centre, with some suggesting the money should be spent on reducing current waiting lists. The Department of Health this week announced it was planning on opening its first ever centre for bariatric surgery, and it was […]
Enniskillen has the shortest ambulance waiting times
AMBULANCE waiting times in the North have almost doubled in five years, however, Enniskillen patients who were not immediately life-threatening faced the shortest wait. The shortest average time for category B patients (serious but not immediately life-threatening) – just over 11 minutes – was in BT74, in Enniskillen in 2018. Similar patients from the Ards […]
New plans to reopen nursing home to free up SW hospital
DRUMCLAY Nursing Home could be reopened in the near future, with the Western Trust considering taking over the shut-down home, the Herald can reveal. Currently a third of all patients at SWAH each week are over the age of 85, while over half are over the age of 70. Deputy chief executive of the Western […]
More southern patients could secure future for SWAH services
Crossborder patients could benefit from access to the South West Acute Hospital.
£1.3m racked up from hospital carpark charges
SDLP councillor Paul Blake believes that the charges for hospital car parking at the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen are ‘shocking’. He describes the car parking charges as, ‘a tax on the vulnerable in society’. New figures have re-ignited the debate on hospital car parking charges. Mr Blake’s comments were made following the news […]
Patients ‘stuck’ in hospital waiting for care packages
THERE are over 20 in-patients at local hospitals who are there simply awaiting a care package or nursing home place. This includes some who have been taken in to the Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital. Following the closure of Drumclay Nursing Home in Enniskillen on December 12th, and with the Graan Abbey Nursing Home not currently […]
Families welcome little bundles of Christmas cheer!
THIS year two Fermanagh families celebrated Christmas a little differently as they welcomed new babies into the world. New mums Kerrie Keenan and Hannah Bleakley undoubtedly both had a Christmas that they won’t ever forget. The staff at the South West Acute Hospital maternity ward were on hand throughout the day to ensure that the […]
Newborn babies receive knitted hats
THE spirit of giving is still very much alive this Christmas in Mount Lourdes Grammar School. Students have generously donated knitted hats to the Maternity Ward of the South West Acute Hospital. These hats were painstakingly knitted as part of their Post-16 Religious Education and Living Programme (REAL), which offers students the opportunity to […]
Hospital chief admits pressure is mounting on A&E
“People need to realise that it is for emergencies, it isn’t for common colds or flus or minor aliments.”