St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny is experiencing one of the highest levels of overcrowding in the country today. As the country feels the ful impact of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) this morning confirmed there are a total of 420 patients on hospital trolleys. St Luke’s reported the […]
Parking restrictions will be in place at St Luke’s General Hospital from tomorrow as construction work gets underway on the new €30 million modular inpatient ward block. A hospital spokesperson confirmed that the existing Main North Entrance to the hospital will relocated to facilitate the building work. The spokesperson said: “Limited set down and disabled […]
A young Kilkenny-based doctor who began his placement in the city as the pandemic hit features in a special new documentary which airs tonight. The TG4 documentary, Saol Faoi Ghlas, captures an unprecedented time in our history as it explores the challenges of living under lockdown. A TG4 spokesperson said: “Despite the personal hardship suffered […]