New Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Centre (ACAD) opens at Roscommon Hospital

A new Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Centre (ACAD) has opened at Roscommon Hospital. The new centre will provide diagnostic services and day surgery carried out under local anaesthetic.
 
Elaine Prendergast, General Manager, Roscommon Hospital said, “The new ACAD is located near the Urgent Care Centre and was where we previously provided the Medical Assessment Unit service. Since the Medical Assessment Unit moved to its current location, the space was left unused.
 
“We have modified the layout of the area and we now have two procedure rooms and a consultation room. We have the capacity to treat nine patients at any one time and this will greatly enhance our ability to see and treat more day case patients and to provide easier access to diagnostic procedures.
 
“To begin with Ms Deirdre Jones, Consultant Plastic Surgeon from Galway University Hospitals who spends two days per week in Roscommon Hospital will be moving her service to the ACAD. We intend to add further services at a later stage.
 
“The new ACAD comes under the governance of the Surgery Ward and both services will share nursing staff; to this end we have recently recruited an additional two nurses to allow us to open the ACAD.
 
“Our intention at Roscommon Hospital is to become a centre for ‘local excellence’ and this is yet another step towards enhancing the patient experience at the hospital. We are now treating more and more patients from Roscommon and Galway as part of the key role that this hospital is playing in the Galway and Roscommon University Hospital Group.”
 
Photo Details:
At the new Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Centre (ACAD) at Roscommon Hospital from left: Colette Cowan, Group Director of Nursing and Midwifery; Elaine Prendergast, General Manager, Roscommon Hospital; Sean O’Brien, A/Asst. Director of Nursing, Roscommon Hospital; Amanda O’Halloran, Staff Nurse; Edel Cox, Staff Nurse; Ms Deirdre Jones, Consultant Plastic Surgeon; Yolande Fallon, Health Care Assistant; Mary Connell, Domestic Supervisor; Aideen Banet, Clinical Nurse Manager; Michael Kilcline, Carpenter; Margaret Casey, A/Director of Nursing; Sandra Kiernan, Staff Nurse; Michael Conboy, Supplies Officer; Sandra Bracken, Staff Nurse; Bernadette McTague, Staff Nurse; Katherine Gilleran, Clerical Officer; Marie Doorly, Staff Officer; Tom Timothy, Carpenter; Mary Crowley, Clerical Officer; Bill Maher, CEO, Galway and Roscommon University Hospital Group; and Padraig Brennan, Maintenance Manager.