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Mayo General Hospital has launched a recruitment drive for a new volunteer service to assist and support members of the public when visiting the hospital. The hospital is now looking for volunteers to take part in the pilot project and would welcome volunteers from all sections of the community aged 18 years and over (there is no upper age limit). Training and support will be provided to all volunteers.

Mayo General Hospital is one of the best performing hospitals in the country when it comes to the controversial issue of overcrowding.

After much manoeuvring and collective holding of breath, a new highly sophisticated MRI scanner was safely delivered and installed at Mayo General Hospital this week. The completion and commissioning of the unit is now taking place, with a view to accepting the first patients during the second week of March 2011.

The extended oncology unit at Mayo General Hospital has officially opened and is now operating from an area on the first floor which has double the space of the old unit. The new location will enhance the comfort and privacy of patients and ensure that the support services which are holistic to patient care will be delivered in a more appropriate setting.

The ARAMARK Healthcare team at Mayo General Hospital has retained the flagship ISO 22000 Food Safety Management Systems certification. This certification is a signal to all hospital users of the high standards of hygiene and food safety which are in place at MGH.

A pioneering Mayo-based surgeon — who was the first specialist in the world outside the United States to undertake a revolutionary new hip replacement — offered hundreds of colleagues a live insight into the technique. A live satellite link took place on Wednesday (May 26) between the orthopaedic unit at Mayo General Hospital and one of the world’s premier international joint replacement conferences in Rome. The broadcast allowed orthopaedic expert Mr Derek Bennett to demonstrate the technique and components which make the breakthrough operation so successful.

Approval has been given to Mayo General Hospital for a new permanently-based MRI scanner and a replacement CT scanner. The money for MRI and CT scanners has been raised through the generosity of the people of Mayo. The funds were raised by a number of established cancer charities, and the core groups involved were Cancer Action Mhaigh-Eo and the Bright Eyes Campaign.