Overall, I really don't want to ever return to this hospital. After arrival, (with continuous vomiting, including vomiting blood), I was brought into triage. That felt very rushed & I felt I wasn't really listened to, despite being really upset. I was left in the A&E waiting room (still vomiting). I ended up trying to sleep on a trolley and was wheeled into A&E, then deposited in a corner, when I spoke to a doctor and had my first blood tests and IV inserted. Although the demeanor of the doctor seemed very nice, I felt I wasn't taken seriously, until they discovered my potassium levels were low. Overall, I felt extrememly undermined as a patient, despite there being something dangerously wrong. I was left to wait for 4+hours, and really honestly felt as though I had been forgotten about.

I could not fault any part of the treatment I received in Loughlinstown Hospital. From start to finish I was treated with kindness, professionalism and humour, all of which made my experience a much more pleasant experience than I was expecting. Well done to all the team, you should be very proud of yourselves.

Hospital looked very disorganised, Took ages to meet beyond appointment time. Waited around for hours. Place looked cluttered and out of date for modern surgery and treatments. Staff were nice and friendly but slow and even casual.

Totally understaffed so its understandable if treatment might seem impersonal but I think it's the only way they can cope with the stress. All staff from cleaners up to doctors, psychiatrists etc... were just fantastic

A small, old, cosy hospital. The staff do their best and I for my part have received the highest standard of hospital care. Compared to other scary places around the country, I'd go back to St. Columcille's any time.

I found the hospital quite overcrowded but the A&E staff very mannerly having to do a difficult job in difficult circumstances. Also security man Darren very pleasant to talk to and helpful when needed while also having to deal with 2 drunken idiots.

Overcrowded - should be turned in to old folks home.

There was a very friendly atmosphere in the hospital. Even though doctors and nurses were very busy, they were polite and caring with the patients.

Emergency appendix operation whilst on holiday from England plus a fortnight recovery. St Collumcilles Hospital is outstanding in every respect, have not experienced better medical care and nursing anywhere. We are very grateful to this hospital and hope it's future is assured, it is a beacon to the Irish Health Service.

We as the family got no information on the well being of the patient in question, even after ringing and arranging an appointment with the doctor. She did not attend to speak with us to explain the infection that had been contracted in the hospital. The nursing staff beeped her 3 or 4 times and we waited over two hours and she still didn't attend nor indeed did she send any explanation. Totally shocked at the treatment both the patient and the family received. Doctors should realise they are no better than the rest of us, better educated maybe but that is all. Would certainly bypass this hospital with no qualms!!! God help the poor old people that have no family to speak for them.

Excellent professional carer.s

Staff on the day surgery ward are excellent.

Presented at A@E on 28th December 2011....sent home and asked to come back to A&E on Friday 30th Dec for tests. Tests confirmed a tumour in groin and hip area and a deep vein thrombosis in leg. Sent home with a daily injection for deep vein thrombosis......no pain killers no more information .told to come back on Tuesday 2nd Jan 2012 to A&E. appointment ws for 12pm...consultant arrived from Vincent's hospital to speak with us at 3.40pm. More tests followed on Friday and results from biopsy given over phone after repeated phone calls to hospital a week later. It is now 8th February 2012 and my Husband still has had no consultation as to a) what consultant he will be placed under for his health care...b)the full nature of his illness in words he can understand...c)what proposed treatment he can have. Our GP has intervened with the hospital on mu husband's behalf and we still today had to ring the hospital to enquire as to what developments there are . We as a family cannot understand how a patient suffering from a serious cancerous tumour has been left without information or support systems for this length of time.........it is bad enough the diagnosis but the waiting to be spoken to and told the truth has been more stressful. We are so glad we have wonderful GP who has managed to control the pain for my husband and also spoke to us with any information he may have managed to glean from hospital......we are also glad of the support of the Irish Cancer Society who have been so kind in telephone conversations..

Huge improvements over the years in this hospital and professional care is A1. Hope I never have to visit this, or any other, hospital in the future, but if so, this is my first choice. Am disgusted over the car parking and the vultures who patrol same. when rushing in to visit, or be visited, a very sick patient, it is disgusting and stressful to be clamped as parking fees are the last thing on one's mind.

My 87-year-old father was admitted with acute heart failure. He was treated so well and got tests done so promptly that I am truly grateful. The staff on Lourdes Ward were lovely and kind and his doctors were excellent.

Overall I had a good experience, every one of the staff was helpful and considerate. The downside was the paid parking, which would have been very expensive as I was in the hospital for one day if the nurse hadn't got me a slip to put on my car saying I was an inpatient. There is clamping in the car park too, not what you need in an emergency.

All in all the hospital is clearly showing its age and it demands respect seeing how staff and patients still cope to make it a functioning place of healing.

As a retired nurse who has worked as an agency nurse in this hospital, and daughter of the patient, I was absolutely appalled by the dirt and filth of the hospital ward. I had to change her, clean her and feed her myself, otherwise I believe that she would have died. She contracted MRSA, and I contracted a serious vomiting bug! The whole experience was frightening and completely unacceptable. Shame on you!!!!!!!

Where do I start? They missed my grumbling appendix on three separate occasions and on the 4th time, while visiting New York, it burst! Each time I presented with symptoms common to a grumbling appendix. Instead of just giving me a CT scan, which would have shown my inflamed appendix, they gave me an X-ray and an ultrasound which showed nothing. Dosed me with antibiotics and sent me home when the pain subsided and my white blood cells went back to normal. I was in New York a few months after my last attack when the old pain came back. I was admitted to NYU Medical Center and immediately given a CT scan which revealed that my appendix was inflamed, it was also perforated. Thankfully I got a good surgeon and all was ok. Well, all was ok but it was the worst trip ever and I flew home three days after surgery (something I'd never like to repeat!) - All of that could have been avoided had they done their job properly. In my opinion, Loughlinstown is ok for minor A&E things like sprains, breaks etc, but for anything life threatening go somewhere else.

I have read the previous comments from other people and I'm not sure if my next visit would have the same outcome but I will be honest on my views from my current visit. I was seen quickly, treated immediately, the staff were polite and professional. The after care plan is working well so far. I had no complaints during my visit.

Could not rate my hospital experience highly enough - as good an experience as could be hoped for. Exemplary.

I had a bad injury that caused me to be in the most extreme pain I have ever suffered in my life. Two doctors hovered around me but ignored my distress and insistence of the level of the pain. It took 30 minutes to persuade them to up the dose of medication. During my most extreme pain I could not help or avoid swearing quietly to myself about the pain and both doctors refused to give me medication unless I stopped. They walked away from me several times and left me in extreme pain despite my distress. Their attitudes were outrageous.

I had to attend A&E in Loughlinstown for a minor procedure and found that the service, politeness and everything about the staff was excellent. The hospital does look a bit run down, but with the closure of the A&E pending, that's not surprising. Will be very sorry to lose the A&E service as planned this year. Follow up outpatient care has also been excellent.

Filthy theatre. Lucky not to be sicker.

Filling this in for my Dad, who has a stroke on a Friday, it's now Monday and still on a trolley in A&E, no access to showers etc. He is only 65 and found him today sitting in urine soaked pjs. He tried to call a nurse but no joy as his speech is gone from the stroke, It's just disgusting ! No dignaty at all, they don't think he will have a bed for another two days, he cannot swallow properly and he's given meals and left to eat alone in case he chokes. We pay our taxes for this ??

My mother died in Loughlinstown in February 2011, she was in the hospital for one week - in that week she spent four days on a trolley in disgraceful condtions in A and E, no access to a bathroom, in isolation (behind a curtain!!), she had a swollen mouth - yet was brought sausages and chips on 3 occasions!, once moved to a ward the treatment improved dramatically. Overall conditions in this hosp are very bad, doctors are unavailable. I would not in anyway recommend Loughlinstown hospital and would pray that I or anyone else closed to me are every admitted there again,

This hospital is a disgrace. I was taken in in an ambulance and was not seen by a doctor. The nurses were so rude to me and an elderly man that was opposite me, who asked for a blanket, the nurse came back with a tea towel size blanket and just threw it at him. I was left waiting in A&E for about 5 hours. If I was ever sick again I would drive past this hospital and go to the next one.

Rude & uncaring stsff.

Sent home at age 93 and recently gone blind in snap decision, having been told it would not be for another day or so. Problems arranging lift home, unable to walk unaided or go from sitting to standing, yet only other person at home was my 88 year old wife who could not lift me. Contacted by public health nurse about three days later.

Nine years ago I weighed 176kgs. I smoked 20 cigs a day and was a serious candidate for an early death. I took no exercise as I was unable to. In the past nine years I have lost over 80 kgs. I also stopped smoking 9 years ago. I go to the gym almost everyday and attend spinning classes. When I was in my early twenties I attended a martial art class ( wing Tsun, a type of Kung Fu ). 5 years ago I joined my local Wing Tsun club and am now training to be an instructor.None of the above would have been possible without the intervention and support of Mr Geoghegan and Dr O'Shea and their teams.