One hundred and eight people have died in Letterkenny University Hospital’s emergency department over the past five years, according to new figures.
The Irish Medical Times (IMT) reports that there were 40 fatalities in the LUH ED last year alone.
The FOI data shows that 150 people died in the Sligo University Hospital ED since 2019.
The number of deaths in EDs is increasing across the country as the number of attendances also rises.
Last year there were 1.7 million attendances.