72 Altnagelvin Hospital - A & E Extension
ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL - A & E EXTENSION
Altnagelvin Area Hospital is an acute hospital which offers a range of services , including a 24-hour Accident and Emergency Department and is one of Northern Ireland ’ s five designated cancer units . It has 472 inpatient beds and 36 day case beds .
Altnagelvin Area Hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment programme and information regarding location of services , specialty wards will be subject to change over the lifetime of the project .
A significant modular extension to Altnagelvin Hospital ’ s Emergency Department is now operational providing a new 50 seater waiting area and a new minors unit . their Emergency Departments . In Altnagelvin Hospital , a system of separating COVID-19 and Non-COVID flows for patients attending was introduced , along with social distancing measures in waiting areas . This resulted in considerable challenges at times of highest attendance creating overcrowding problems at the Emergency Department .
The case was made to undertake a significant modular extension to the ED footprint facilitating the new COVID-19 patient flow and a Business case (£ 1.5M ) was rapidly prepared and approved to provide an interim solution to support the service . The first two phases were fast tracked and now complete with the opening of the new modular extension .
In the first surge of the pandemic all HSC Trusts needed to create separate COVID-19 and Non-COVID pathways through
Geraldine McKay , Director of Acute Services in the Western Trust said : “ We are delighted to open the new
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