Galway's public hospitals are deferring all but very urgent appointments from today while they deal with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The Saolta Hospital Group is...
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...
Visiting restrictions have been put in place at all of Galway's public hospitals this evening for the purpose of infection control.
The Saolta Healthcare Group...
University Hospital Galway has launched a new diet standardisation for patients with Dysphagia, the medical term for swallowing difficulties.
According to Geraldine Keenan, Speech and...
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...
UHG is the second most overcrowded hospital in Ireland today once again with 46 patients on trolleys.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's Trolley/Ward Watch...
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...
Hospital support workers in SIPTU have served notice that they will strike this month in a jobs evaluation dispute with the government.
Medical and non...
Hospital support staff in Siptu have overwhelmingly voted by 94 percent to go on strike.
The decision to strike affects some 17,000 workers in medical...
Galway University Hospitals collected just under €1.5 million in parking fees in 2017.
The HSE released information on how much hospitals around Ireland gathered in...
Galway's Merlin Woods should be accorded greater environmental protection by being part of a Special Area of Conservation.
Galway City Council candidate Claire Hillery has...
Two Mental Health units connected to Merlin Park Hospital were found to have critical risk breaches of regulations according to a recent report.
The Child...
Galway University Hospitals had the second highest number of infections reported of the deadly superbug CPE last year.
A report from the Health Protection Surveillance...
The backlog of patients waiting for orthopaedic surgery at Merlin Park Hospital is piling up with 1,500 people awaiting complex surgery.
The ongoing closure of orthopaedic...
The HSE's Service Plan for 2019 has been released and includes funding for investment in multiple improvements to Galway's hospitals.
Two new cardiac Cath labs...
The staff at Galway University Hospitals have turned in their medical instruments in favour of paintbrushes for the 15th annual Art@Work exhibition.
Art@Work has become...