Portiuncula University Hospital is delighted to announce that it will be celebrating 80 years of delivering healthcare to Ballinasloe and the surrounding areas this year. As part of that celebration, the hospital will hold a special mass on Thursday, 20 April at 3pm in Gullanes Hotel, Ballinasloe.
"We are delighted to be celebrating this momentous milestone," said James Keane, Hospital Manager.
As we look forward to the Easter weekend, our Emergency Departments continue to be extremely busy with high numbers of patients attending who require admission.
Health Services in the West and North West are asking the public to bear with us as we prioritise those in need of urgent and emergency care.
The Saolta University Health Care Group in collaboration with the National Women’s and Infants Health programme hosted a National conference titled “Quality, Patient Safety and Risk in Maternity and Gynaecology Services”.
The conference featured speakers from Saolta Women’s and Children’s MCAN (Managed Clinical and Academic Network) and from other Hospital group across the country on quality and patient safety in our Maternity services.
The Urology Department at University Hospital Galway has picked up a prestigious award at an international Urology Conference.
The European Association of Urology Nursing Conference took place in Milan, Italy last month. It saw the UHG Urology Department awarded second prize for setting up a clinical-academic partnered hybrid journal and research club.
Today (Monday, April 3 2023), a HSE National Ambulance Service (NAS) led service called Pathfinder, designed to safely keep older people who phone 112/999 in their own home rather than taking them to a hospital emergency department, goes live in Letterkenny.
Mayo University Hospital is hosting an event in the main foyer on Tuesday 28 March between 10am and 2pm to promote the various initiatives across the hospital that aim to improve patients’ experience through engagement with patients and their families.
An oncology research project led by Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) Dr Janice Richmond at Letterkenny University Hospital is providing practical benefits to patients receiving oral anti-cancer medication in Donegal.
Following a very busy bank holiday weekend, the Emergency Department at University Hospital Galway remains under significant pressure today. 251 people attended the ED at UHG yesterday, Monday March 20th.
The hospital is advising that patients who attend ED for routine and non-urgent treatment will experience very long waiting times.
As always, people who do require emergency care are encouraged to attend EDs where they will be prioritised.
