People locally are being urged to check before they travel for any hospital appointment today. as several clinics and appointments have been cancelled - but some medical services are being maintained.
People who do attend hospital are being asked to bring their existing patient number or board number which can be found on appointment letters, test results, or blood tests.
The ongoing cyber attack on the HSE's computer systems has led to a huge disruption in local health services and people are being urged to check on the HSE's website before they travel if their clinic is going ahead
In Portiuncula University Hospital all maternity services will go ahead.
Patients should attend their chemotherapy appointments unless contacted and advised otherwise. However, at the Ballinasloe hospital, all outpatient clinics are cancelled.
All diagnostics including x-ray, CT scans, MRI appointments and cardiac investigations are cancelled.
Endoscopy services are cancelled and all elective inpatient and day case procedures are cancelled; a small number of procedures may go ahead and in this event patients will be contacted directly.
At the Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore all routine radiology appointments are cancelled and emergency services are operating as normal.
At Roscommon University Hospital all outpatient clinics are cancelled. All diagnostics including x-ray are cancelled. Endoscopy services are cancelled.
All elective inpatient and day case procedures are cancelled; a small number of procedures may go ahead and in this event patients will be contacted directly.
Patients can also expect significant delays in the Injury Unit as existing IT systems are not in use
In Sligo University Hospital, maternity services and dialysis treatment will go ahead and people are urged to attend their chemotherapy appointment unless contacted and advised otherwise.
All outpatient clinics are cancelled and all diagnostics including x-ray, CT scans, MRI appointments and cardiac investigations are cancelled.
Endoscopy services are cancelled and all elective inpatient and day case procedures are cancelled. A small number of procedures may go ahead. These patients will be contacted directly.
At the Regional Hospital Mullingar all services are operating as normal but you can expect delays.
Patients are being warned that each hospital's Emergency Departments will be busy and patients can expect significant delays i as existing IT systems are not in use and the manual workarounds in place are time-consuming.
