University Hospital Galway is currently under extreme pressure from a COVID-19 outbreak and very high attendance at the Emergency Department.
The COVID-19 outbreak is affecting...
Local Independent TD Denis Naughten has said that long Covid has the potential to place a significant burden on our healthcare services.
He said that...
The HSE is starting its Spring COVID-19 booster vaccine programme for people for older and vulnerable people.
Following the most recent NIAC (National Immunisation Advisory...
Roscommon-Galway TD Denis Naughten has once again called for long Covid to be recognised as an occupational illness for frontline workers, allowing them to...
The Covid-19 pandemic was initially a health crisis before it rapidly transformed into an economic crisis, affecting all businesses. Most governments imposed curfews, lockdowns,...
A pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be open in Carraroe next week for people to get their booster shot.
The walk-in vaccination clinic will be...
A patient support programme from the Long COVID and post-COVID clinics in Galway University Hospitals has won a national healthcare award.
The programme won the...
Just one third of the staff needed to manage patients with long Covid have been recruited to specialist clinics, Deputy Denis Naughten has said.
The...
University Hospital Galway remains under pressure from a high number of COVID patients, but the number admitted to the ICU has fallen.
There were 47...
University Hospital Galway currently has the highest number of COVID-19 patients in the country, and the most in the ICU.
There were 44 confirmed cases...
South Connemara has the highest percentage of vaccinated children between 5 and 11 years in County Galway, according to the latest CSO figures.
Updated data...
University Hospital Galway has warned that high levels of Covid-19 in the region are putting 'sustained pressure' on the hospital and impacting staffing levels.
UHG...