Last weekend Sligo University Hospital hosted the ‘Atlantic Club Orthopaedic Meeting’ which is one of Ireland’s premier orthopaedic meetings bringing together orthopaedic specialists, trainees, medical students and specialist nurses from throughout Ireland and the UK.
Over 150 delegates attended the meeting to hear about cutting edge research and the latest developments in hip and knee replacement surgery, foot and ankle surgery, shoulder and spine surgery.
Visiting restrictions are in place at Mayo University Hospital due to some patients in B Ward displaying symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting usually caused by Norovirus, commonly known as the winter vomiting bug.
Anyone with recent symptoms of diarrhoea and/or vomiting or who has had contact with others who have these symptoms must not visit patients in the hospital to avoid spreading the virus.
The Allied Health Professionals at Galway University Hospitals are hosting a 'Dress Swap' fundraising event with all donations (€5 per person) going to GUH Arts Trust on 30 November from 10 am-12 pm in the Board Room, Nurses Home, UHG. Tea and coffee will be served on the day.
Come along on the day; you never know you might pick up a bargain!
Sligo University Hospital has introduced a ‘Book of Remembrance’ which will be available for families to record the names of babies or children who have died through miscarriage, still birth, shortly after birth or in childhood at the hospital.
The book will be on display in the hospital church on the current date and will display the details of the babies and children who are remembered that day.
The End of Life Care Committee at University Hospital Galway have recently received 16 multifaith lockers for use in clinical areas of the hospital. The mobile multifaith lockers which can be placed at the patient's bedside contain articles to support spiritual and cultural care before and after a person’s death.
Management at University Hospital Galway along with funds raised by ‘Killannin Community Remembrance Walk Group’ provided the funding for the 16 multifaith lockers.
Letterkenny University Hospitals Green Sustainability Team in conjunction with HSE Estates recently held a Sustainability Awareness Day in the hospital.
The main focus of the day was to encourage staff and members of the public to become aware of the energy being consumed both in the home and workplace.
The Mayo University Hospital Bereavement Committee for the Women’s and Children’s Divisions have developed four new information booklets for parents bereaved through the death of a baby or the death of a child. They are a new initiative as part of a broader enhancement of bereavement care in Mayo University Hospital. The booklets are hoped to act as a resource to support families who experience the loss of a baby or a child. The booklets are titled:
The Caulfield family from Swinford raised a total of €26,900 for the development of a Bereavement Room in Mayo University Hospital; this fundraising was dedicated to the memory of their daughter Hope Rose. The family presented a cheque to Hospital management and staff from the Women’s and Children’s division of the hospital on Tuesday 13 November.
The first quarterly Staff Recognition Award for Galway University Hospitals was presented to Shaun Plower, Clinical Engineering Technician with the Medical Physics Department at University Hospital Galway last Friday, 09 November.
