Staff in the Saolta University Health Care Group are once again supporting the UNICEF ‘Get a Vaccine, Give a Vaccine’ campaign by getting their flu vaccination. For every member of staff who gets a flu vaccine, Saolta will donate 10 polio vaccines to UNICEF.
This is the fourth year that staff have been supporting UNICEF in this way and last year a total of 45,500 vaccines were donated on behalf of staff in the Saolta Group of hospitals.
Work is continuing on a number of important projects at Portiuncula University Hospital which will significantly improve the facilities at the hospital for patients.
The Saolta University Health Care Group today (December 14, 2020) published the first group-wide Patient and Public Engagement Strategy 2020-2023. This Strategy builds on work which has taken place over the last number of years in each of the Saolta Group hospitals, to improve and embed positive patient and public engagement.
This week Sligo University Hospital invites parents and their families who have experienced bereavement, through the death of a baby or child or who have experienced pregnancy loss, to watch a virtual Remembrance Service video online from today (23 November) until Sunday December 06.
The virtual Remembrance Service was put together by staff in the hospital with support from bereaved families and representatives from different faiths.
The Research and Education Foundation at Sligo University Hospital holds its 21st annual Multidisciplinary Research Conference on November 27th with local, national and international speakers including Dr Mike Ryan, Executive Director at the WHO.
Mayo University Hospital has this week re-opened the newly refurbished wards and patients have now moved back to the refurbished areas.
On Thursday 12 November, the refurbished medical beds returned to use in the hospital and patients have also moved back to the refurbished Coronary Care Unit and the Medical Day Unit is also operational.
A number of important building projects are under way at Sligo University Hospital (SUH) to increase the capacity of the hospital in preparation for seasonal increases in patient numbers over the winter and to help meet additional COVID-19 requirements.
The laboratory at Galway University Hospitals has begun COVID-19 testing using a new high-throughput molecular PCR machine. The new equipment will enable the laboratory to process up to 500 swabs from patients per day, with a turnaround of approximately 3 hours per batch. Until now the laboratory was carrying out COVID-19 batch testing on two separate machines with a turnaround of up to 10 hours and a maximum of 300 tests per day.
