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Two-thirds capacity at UHG sees hundreds of operations cancelled

Reduced theatre capacity at University Hospital Galway is resulting in long waiting lists for elective operations and is even affecting the scheduling of urgent...

Over 7000 on trolleys at UHG in worst year on record

2018 was the worst year on record for hospital overcrowding with nearly 7,500 patients at University Hospital Galway going without a hospital bed. End of...

No money for new nursing staff in HSE 2019 Service Plan warns INMO

The Irish Nurses and Midwives organisation has said there is no money included in the HSE's 2019 Service Plan to ensure adequate staffing of...

Shocking: 83-year-old on trolley at UHG spots rodent inside light above her head

Shocking footage has emerged online that appears to show a rodent in a light fixture at University Hospital Galway. The short video, which was allegedly...

Donegal family donate €3,325 to Patient Fund at UHG

A couple from Donegal recently came down to Galway to present a €3,325 cheque for the Claddagh Ward Patient Comfort Fund at UHG. James Melly...

UHG is one of just nine hospitals signed up to provide abortion services

University Hospital Galway is one of just nine hospitals in the country that has signed up to provide medical abortions from January. University Hospital Galway...

New surgical robot at UHG to treat up to 150 cancer patients next year

A new surgical robot at University Hospital Galway is expected to treat up to 150 men with prostate cancer next year. The robotic tool is...

Nurses and Midwives back strike over pay by huge margin

Ireland's nurses and midwives have overwhelmingly backed a strike action over pay, with 95% of INMO memebers voting in favour of striking. The vote to...

UHG to get additional funding for diagnostic services

University Hospital Galway has secured additional funding to improve on its diagnostic services. The funding will be used to secure additional capacity for patient diagnostic...

Turloughmore road reopens after crash injures three

The Turloughmore road has re-opened to traffic after gardaí attended the scene of a car accident late last night. At around 1am near Fallon's pub...

Geneticist says new technology means DNA could be gathered from Tuam babies

Advances in genetic technology mean that DNA samples could be taken from the remains buried at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home according to...

UHG is the most overcrowded hospital in Ireland today

Overcrowding at University Hospital Galway has topped the list of Irish hospitals today with 52 people waiting on trolleys. According to today's figures from the...

UHG first public hospital to use pioneering cancer treatment

University Hospital Galway is the first public hospital in Ireland to make use of a new treatment for prostate cancer. UHG recently began using high dose-rate...

Simon Harris asks people to reserve the A&E for emergencies amid trolley crisis

Health Minister Simon Harris has admitted that long waits at the A&E are "inevitable" this winter period as our hospitals are more overcrowded than...

UHG among most overcrowded in Ireland in worst November on record

There were nearly 700 patients on trolleys at University Hospital Galway as Ireland's hospitals enjoyed their most overcrowded November on record. According to monthly figures...

UHG will pass 7,000 people on trolleys by Christmas in worst year on record

Today marks a milestone in Irish healthcare as the number of patients on trolleys this year has passed 100,000 for the first time since...

UHG loses accreditation for bowel cancer tests over waiting lists

University Hospital Galway has lost its accreditation for BowelScreen, the national programme for testing to detect bowel cancer. UHG and Mercy University Hospital Cork have...

GMIT student takes top prize at national engineering competiton

Paul Casey, a third year engineering student at GMIT has won first place at the national MIDAS Electronic Project Competition. The Portumna man, who is doing...

56 year old woman dies following car crash this morning

A 56-year-old woman has died following a single vehicle crash in Ballinasloe this morning. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision...

Scholarships awarded in memory of lost sisters Hazel and Tanya

Two students at NUI Galway were recently awarded with the Tarpey Scholarships honouring the memory of pair of wonderful sisters who lost their lives to...

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