The response comes after the Herald was informed SWAH staff were being moved to Altnagelvin
Lisnaskea mum praises SWAH for saving her baby’s life
A LISNASKEA mother has praised the maternity and neonatal staff at the SWAH for saving her baby daughter’s life. Amanda Oldfield has thanked the hard working team for all their amazing care and support after baby Jessica arrived five weeks earlier than expected via emergency Caesarean section. Amanda said she wanted reassure women going through […]
Trust finds ‘no viable alternatives’ for SWAH surgery
Further details on this findings report are expected to be released later today.
Why Fermanagh’s a great place to live and work
“THE style of life here is the best in Northern Ireland, and maybe in the UK.” That’s the assessment of former senior consultant surgeon at the SWAH, Essam Ghareeb, who is originally from Egypt and moved to Fermanagh in the mid 1990s and set up his life here. Mr Ghareeb believes fellow consultants from across […]
Patients will die says former SWAH surgeon
A FORMER senior surgeon at the SWAH has made an impassioned appeal to the Western Trust to commit to restoring emergency general surgery (EGS) at the hospital, stating he has no doubt patients here will die if the service is lost. Essam Gharreb was a consultant general surgeon at the Erne Hospital and the SWAH […]
No ambulance for teen who suffered serious injury
THE mother of a teenager who suffered a serious head injury at a local sporting event at the weekend had to drive her son to the SWAH herself as no ambulance was available when they called. The incident took place in Lisnaskea on Saturday, when a 15-year-old boy fell and landed badly on his head […]
Daisy Hill campaigners’ solidarity with SWAH fight
Newry campaigner urge politicians to stand up for local patients
Trust warns of long waits at SWAH ED
There have been 139 attendances at the Enniskillen hospital’s ED in the past 24 hours.
Pensioners forced to cancel appointments at Altnagelvin
“It was just impossible for us,” she said. “I had to phone them up and cancel them. I haven’t the energy.”
Family recalls horrific C-section journey to Derry
A FERMANAGH family has spoken of their horrific, and ultimately dangerous, experience of having to travel to Altnagelvin Hospital for an emergency caesarean section. Indeed, the couple believe the rapid and very bumpy journey to Derry during labour contributed to a life-threatening condition their son suffered at birth, which saw him spending ten days in […]