@thebelfasttelegraph: A grandfather spent four days in A&E before securing a hospital bed, while staff resorted to pushing two coffee tables together to make a bed for another patient, a public meeting heard in Londonderry. The accounts emerged at the first public meeting of campaign group SoS Altnagelvin Hospital, bringing fresh scrutiny to the crisis at Northern Ireland’s second largest hospital. Patients and campaigners in St Columb’s Hall on Wednesday night raised concerns about overcrowding, funding cuts and the future of local health services. The meeting heard that Altnagelvin operated at ‘Extreme Escalation’ status for 21 days throughout 2025, but that figure rose almost fivefold to 100 days between January and September this year.

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markgracey
Mark Gracey :
I dislocated my anus I sat for so long
2026-10-22 19:18:12
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poppyy.pen81
poipín 💽 :
i had to sit in a&e for about 4 hours waiting to be checked (i got into a xc accident which gave me a hematoma the medic told me i had to get a brain scan while i was getting checked because i couldn’t remember anything) and as i was waiting for a MRI they told me to leave because i seamed fine. i also had to get a Xray on my forearm and i had to wait 4 hours just for that. its a joke all together genuinely
2026-10-22 18:40:44
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eddie10077
eddie10077 :
54hrs you were lucky I would like to add this has nothing to do with the staff in the hospital myself being one of them myself unless the government releases 78mil in funding
2026-10-23 07:08:44
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michaelalogue0
Michaela logue x :
My granda with dimentia was on a chair in the hallway for about a week and a few days, now basically lives there
2026-10-22 20:35:46
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makeupbywikiwmua
makeupbywikiwmua :
They discharged me with a cannula still in my arm 😬🤦🏼‍♀️I was that tired after a 13 hour wait I didn’t even realise it was in to I got home
2026-10-22 20:30:38
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the.oak.witch
Soph ✨ :
I was in this summer and got moved from my makeshift bay in A&E to the hall because the woman in the cubicle next to me was violent, and I also got told to be quiet because other patients were trying to sleep (I was having gallbladder issues and the 10ml of morphine they gave me was doing nothing for the pain so I was crying in agony).
2026-10-22 22:11:33
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m4ca.50
MicMac :
and yet our voted officials are sitting arguing about the 'us and them' narrative. we as a people need to come together and put pressure on those officials to get off their high horses and do what's actually right for the people
2026-10-22 22:37:41
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hudsonfoster750
Hudson Foster :
Can’t even get an appointment at the doctors never mind to get seen in a Hospital
2026-10-22 22:39:28
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maggs328
Maggs :
I was in for 44hrs
2026-10-22 18:43:18
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suzanne9519
Suzanne :
This is a total disgrace
2026-10-22 21:54:23
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jacobarmstrong2010
Jacob Armstrong :
And yet loyalists use this as an excuse not to be reunited, they would rather this excuse of a healthcare system instead of paying a tiny ammount of money and still get better treatment, the jokes that they are.
2026-10-22 18:46:18
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toastedvedaandcheese
toasted veda & cheese :
Pay the health service workers who are dealing with this more and they'll stop leaving in droves to go work in Australia and Canada
2026-10-22 21:33:42
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erieann_go_brea32_
erieann_go_brea32_ :
welcome to the wonderful health service,that pro Brits love ,oh and we pay for
2026-10-22 18:53:48
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aggie5368
aggie :
🥺🥺🥺
2026-10-22 20:02:21
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