HSE: Exceptional delays at ‘overwhelmed’ Tralee A&E

The emergency department at Kerry General Hospital (KGH), Tralee, has been “exceptionally busy” in recent days, resulting in long delays, the HSE has said.

A total of 121 patients presented on Monday, including a nine-year-old boy who sustained facial injuries after his head went through the windscreen of a parked car, leaving him bleeding profusely.

After being left unattended for three hours at the department, Cathal Enright, from Kilmorna, Co Kerry, was driven to Cork University Hospital by his mother, Mairead, who said he was seen there within 10 minutes of arrival.