James C. Harrold, Galway City Arts Officer officially launched Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust exhibition The savage loves his native shore in the Institute for Lifecourse and Society, NUI, Galway for Galway International Arts Festival on Saturday July 16.
Participating artists, friends, family and hospital staff all gathered to celebrate their achievements as a community within a healthcare setting.
Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust is celebrating three years of its dialysis art programme at Merlin Park University Hospital in a special partnership with NUI Galway for Galway International Arts Festival 2016. Since it was introduced in 2012, a prevalent source of inspiration for participants’ creative projects has been the West of Ireland and the exhibition takes this theme across two venues.
The Irish Farmers Lung Health Study, undertaken by Investigators from Galway University Hospital / Saolta University Health Care Group, was published recently in Respiratory Medicine. The study was prompted by the high prevalence of respiratory problems in farmers in other countries and by recent reports of increasing mortality rates within the Irish farming community.
The Irish Farmers Lung Health Study, undertaken by Investigators from Galway University Hospital / Saolta University Health Care Group, was published recently in Respiratory Medicine. The study was prompted by the high prevalence of respiratory problems in farmers in other countries and by recent reports of increasing mortality rates within the Irish farming community.
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the world. 1 in every 2 smokers will die from a tobacco related disease, and most smokers lose between 10 to 15 quality life years. This major cause of death, illness, chronic disability and inequality is preventable, yet accounts for 5,500 deaths in Ireland each year.
On Wednesday 15th June at the Radisson Hotel Sligo a special celebration event was held to acknowledge the excellent work that is taking place throughout both the acute hospital sector and the community health services throughout the border and western counties from Donegal to Limerick.
Approximately 80 HSE staff attended the event, representing a total of 89 projects from the West who submitted applications to the 2016 Health Service Excellence Awards.
