Overcrowding at the Emergency Department at UHG and elsewhere has plummeted in the week that has seen the COVID-19 coronavirus continue to spread.
Hospitals around...
Irish Water has once again insisted that the Loughrea Public Water Supply is safe for consumption after receiving the results of water quality sampling...
Independent Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice has said that the "end is near" for Health Minister Simon Harris amid critical hospital overcrowding.
The warning that Simon...
Calls have been made for the urgent full time opening and staffing of the St. Claire's Ward at Portiuncula Hospital to alleviate overcrowding.
Galway-Roscommon TD...
University Hospital Galway was the third most overcrowded in Ireland last year, with 7,993 patients on trolleys throughout 2019.
In total 118,367 people were left...
Extra winter funding of €647,000 has been allocated by the HSE for healthcare services in the west of Ireland.
The HSE's Winter Plan 2019-2020 published...
Gráinne Mullins, the head pastry chef at Lignum restaurant in Loguhrea has been crowned the Best Young Chef in Ireland at the Euro-Toques competition.
Euro-Toques...
Galway University Hospitals will be holding a Careers Evening for secondary school students in Galway City and County interested in healthcare this week.
A group...
There were almost 1,000 hospital patients who were forced to wait on trolleys in Galway this October between UHG and Portiuncula Hospital.
University Hospital Galway...
Galway University Hospitals has continued to expand its surgical staff with the appointment of Dr Paul Carroll, Consultant Oesophagogastric and General Surgeon.
Dr Carroll has...
A new Health Innovation Hub which has officially opened in Galway is supporting start-ups and expanding businesses in the medical sector.
Minister for Employment and...
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is raising concerns that Brexit could make Ireland's chronic nursing shortage even worse.
Irish nurses and midwives would be...
University Hospital Galway is the second most overcrowded hospital in the country this afternoon with 37 patients waiting for a bed.
According to the Irish...
Plans for a new ambulance station at Merlin Park Hospital are progressing as tenders have been issued for the construction contract.
Planning permission was granted...
