BowelScreen, part of the National Screening Service, today announces that Mayo University Hospital (MUH) is now performing colonoscopies on behalf of the programme.
The Sligo Vaccination Centre is moving from the Racecourse location to a temporary vaccination centre in Nazareth House, HSE, Church Hill, Sligo (F91 A243) this week.
The first vaccine clinic will take place in the new centre on Friday 15 April.
Access for visitors to Mayo University Hospital will resume from Monday 11 April.
Access for visitors will be by appointment only. Patients identify who they would like to visit and staff then telephone the nominated support person and offer a time slot.
Welcome to the Spring 2022 edition of the Saolta University Health Care Group newsletter featuring some of the developments and achievements that have been taking place in hospitals throughout the Group.
Click here to download a copy of the Saolta e-Newsletter Issue 49 Spring 2022.
Our hospitals are dealing with outbreaks of COVID-19 affecting a number of wards. We will only allow visits to these wards on an exceptional basis, and on compassionate grounds. To arrange a visit, please contact the ward manager.
Staff working in University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park University Hospital have contributed to an evocative exhibition, sharing their thoughts and reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition is on display in the Arts Corridors in UHG and in Merlin Park until the end of April.
The Roscommon Vaccination Centre on the Golf Links Road in Roscommon Town will close on Sunday 27 March. After this date, people over the age of 12 who wish to get a dose 1, dose 2 or booster vaccine dose will be able to go to any other vaccination centre listed on hse.ie or to a participating pharmacy. Parents/guardians of children aged 5 to 11 can go to any of the vaccination centres listed on hse.ie for dose 1 or dose 2.
Visiting restrictions remain in place at Letterkenny University Hospital as the site continues to be severely impacted by COVID-19.
The hospital is seeing a significant increase in COVID-19 positive admissions and attendances, while also dealing with high volumes of non-Covid patients. There are 84 patients with COVID-19 being treated in the hospital today. Currently there are 11 wards affected by COVID-19 outbreaks.
