Details of a major rebuilding plan for Letterkenny General Hospital will be unveiled tomorrow.
The hospital during the flooding. Copyright Donegal Daily.
Up to 70% of the hospital footprint was covered in water when the Co Donegal hospital was flooded in July following torrential rain.
Details of the major rebuilding plan will be revealed by the hospital’s general manager Sean Murphy.
It is believed the rebuild and recovery plan could cost in the region of €20 million.
A team of civil engineers have been appointed to carry out an investigation into how the flooding happened.
The engineers’ investigation is understood to centre around a culvert close to the hospital which is understood to have overflowed during the torrential downpour.
At the height of the flooding disaster, a team of 500 volunteers rushed to the hospital to help with the clean-up.
The recently-opened Accident and Emergency Department, which cost €22 million, was seriously damaged and forced to close.
Patients were redirected to both Sligo General Hospital and Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry for a number of weeks.
A new temporary A&E has since opened to walk-in patients.
Hospital manager Sean Murphy will unveil the rebuild plans to the public meeting tomorrow in the Mount Errigal Hotel.
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