Several day services in Donegal have been cancelled this week as the county continues to recover from the impact of Storm Éowyn.
ESB and water outages, together with interruptions in telecommunications networks, left many local primary care, public health and disability day services unable to open today (Monday).
Appointments are going ahead as planned at hospitals in the region, however the Emergency Departments are reportedly extremely busy.
“We are committed to treating everyone who presents at our EDs but we do so strictly in order of medical priority,” said a statement from the HSE.
“We continue to request also that people only attend the Emergency Department if it is an emergency situation.”
Hospital bed capacity has been impacted by delayed discharges due to poor travel conditions following the severe weather.
A HSE spokesperson said: “Currently all available beds in the hospitals are in use and every effort is being made to safely discharge patients who are ready to go home so that beds will become available for patients who need to be admitted, at the earliest opportunity.
“We would ask that if you have neighbours or family who are older or vulnerable, to please check in on them to see if there is anything they need at this time.”
Updates on services are available at https://www2.hse.ie/
Where possible, HSE teams will make contact directly with those who use day services to advise them of disruptions and all appointments will be rescheduled as soon as possible.
Families can also contact their local day service directly to get an update.
