New Endoscopy Unit at Roscommon University Hospital opens today

Roscommon University Hospital is delighted to announce that patients will be attending the new endoscopy unit for procedures from today, 1st June 2016. 

The suite, located above the Urgent Care Centre, was built at a cost of over 5.5 million euro.

The state of the art facility will perform gastroscopies and colonoscopies for patients referred by GPs across the west in addition to colonoscopies for patients participating the National Screening Service – Bowel Screening Programme.

The opening will be conducted on a phased basis, and once fully operational, up to 30 endoscopies will be carried out a day, compared to 16 at the moment.

Twelve nurses, three administrative staff and four healthcare assistants will work in the centre when recruitment is complete in the coming months.

The official opening of the unit will take place later in the year.