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People urged to attend ED only for ‘real ‘ emergencies

People were urged this week to attend UHG’s emergency department only in the case of “real emergencies”.

No end in sight for overcrowding at UHG

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The head of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has warned that overcrowding at UHG is unlikely to be resolved for at least five years. In figures released by the INMO yesterday ahead of its annual conference, UHG was named among the top five most overcrowded hospitals in the country in April.

UHG has longest waiting lists in the country after manic Monday

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A full capacity protocol was issued on Monday in University Hospital Galway, after the number of patients on trolleys in the Emergency Department increased by 209 per cent over the weekend.

UHG uses private nursing home beds to ease pressure on overburdened ED

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Management at University Hospital Galway are accessing beds in private nursing homes on a daily basis in a bid to facilitate discharges and ease the pressure on its overburdened emergency department.

Patient numbers on trolleys have doubled in a decade

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The numbers of patients waiting on trolleys at the emergency department of University Hospital Galway during March this year more than doubled when compared with the same month 10 years ago.

 

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