OPHELIA UPDATE: Navan Hospital cancels outpatient appointments
Our Lady's Hospital, Navan has confirmed that ALL outpatient appointments have been cancelled for tomorrow. Patients and those affected are asked to ring the hospital in the morning to check if your planned procedure is going ahead. Only the most most urgent cases will be seen. Ambulances and emergency services are still on the road and 999 calls always on. A spokesperson at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda said it "was business as usual" despite a HSE statement released at 9pm (Sunday)
HSE Statement..
Due to the upgrading of the “Red” weather warning by Met Eireann to the whole country as a result of storm Ophelia, patients need to take note of the following;
Outpatients: all hospital outpatient appointments are being cancelled tomorrow Monday 16th October. Consequently, patients do not need to attend or contact the hospital and they will be rescheduled as soon as possible.
Scheduled/planned procedures: Patients who are scheduled to have a planned procedure can contact the hospital in the morning to confirm if their procedure is going ahead. In order to minimise unnecessary travel risks for patients, only urgent procedures will take place tomorrow.
Due to the weather warning only essential community services will operate tomorrow.
If you are scheduled for a community service tomorrow please make contact with your service in the morning to see if it is proceeding.
For all other non HSE day and community care services, please contact the provider of those services directly.
Our emergency departments and National Ambulance Service will operate as normally. Priority will be given to the most urgent cases.
The HSE Crisis Management Team has been activated and each local area is working as part of the Area Crisis Management Team in conjunction with the Gardai and other services.