Portiuncula University Hospital has officially opened a new designated room in the Maternity Unit for bereaved families. The Willow Suite has been designed to provide a protected and comfortable space for parents and their families who have experienced pregnancy or infant loss.
The Emergency Department (ED) at Letterkenny University Hospital has been extremely busy over the past few days with high numbers of people attending. Yesterday, Sunday August 20th, 119 people attended at the Emergency Department.
Mayo University Hospital was honoured to host Dame Elizabeth Anionwu on Friday 11 August as she carried out a tree planting ceremony to recognise the contribution of Irish nurses over the last 75 years in the UK National Health Service. The ceremony was an opportunity to celebrate the legacy and heritage of the nursing community locally and internationally with a special focus on Irish nurses and their contribution to the NHS.
The Emergency Department at Portiuncula University Hospital is extremely busy today and 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.
The National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) is pleased to announce that Sligo University Hospital (SUH), which is part of the Saolta Hospital Group, has become the 18th hospital in Ireland to roll out the Irish National Orthopaedic Register (INOR). The aim of this initiative is to monitor and improve the quality of care for individuals receiving joint replacement surgery in Ireland.
On Monday 14 August, Sligo University Hospital will commence upgrade works to increase the size of the Emergency Department Waiting Room which will take approximately two weeks to complete.
The waiting room will remain open and a temporary registration desk will be in place.
There will be a certain level of disruption while the works are ongoing and the hospital would like to apologise to patients and their families for the disruption as a result of these works.
Sligo University Hospital is dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak which is affecting two wards, Medical Ward 7 and Medical Ward North. Visiting restrictions are in place in these wards.
Coming into a busy bank holiday weekend we are urging the public not to visit the hospital if you are feeling unwell. If you have symptoms like a sore throat, cough, temperature or shortness of breath please do not visit the hospital to help keep vulnerable patients safe.
A new “one stop shop” for patients with asthma and COPD has opened its doors in the Moycullen Primary Care Centre, Co Galway.
This clinic ensures that patients can access a consultant, a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Physiotherapist and Respiratory Physiologist and receive a diagnosis all on the same visit.
Tá lúcháir ar Otharlann na hOllscoile Leitir Ceanainn (LUH) a bheith páirteach i dtionscadal taighde a bhfuil sé mar aidhm aige timpeallacht oibre níos dearfaí a chruthú d’altraí, agus an bhéim ar chleachtas altranais den scoth. Tá LUH ar cheann de 67 otharlann ar fud na hEorpa atá rannpháirteach sa tionscadal Magnet4Europe. Is clár idirnáisiúnta é a dearadh chun cultúr sármhaitheasa a chruthú, agus sláinte agus folláine na n-altraí ina n-ionad oibre a fheabhsú.
