The Western Trust temporarily withdrew emergency general surgery over issues recruiting staff.
Patients requiring emergency general surgery are taken to Altnagelvin, Craigavon or Sligo.
Other, mostly lower-grade, surgeons remain on site, and stabilise patients before they are transferred to other hospitals by ambulance.The trust said that in the first week of reduced operations, 12 patients were transferred from SWAH to Altnagelvin. The trust said the majority of acute services at SWAH are unaffected and the emergency department will continue to treat more than 90% of people who attend.
The Save Our Acute Services campaign group, which has staged a number of demonstrations against cuts to hospital services, has raised concerns that tens of thousands of people could be left with too far to travel for treatment if services at the hospital are downgraded.
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