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The needs of UHG for urgent funding and a new emergency department must not be ignored in favour of the proposed new hospital in Merlin Park, which may take 20 years to see completion.

In early January, all but very urgent and time critical inpatient and day surgery was curtailed in Mayo University Hospital (MUH).

The roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign commenced in Portiuncula University Hospital this past week with Louise Ann McGrath, Clinical Nurse Manager 2, St John’s Ward being the first staff member in the hospital to receive the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine.

The new modular Acute Covid Assessment Unit (ACAU) at Mayo University Hospital has been operational since December 17, 2020, and up to December 30, 2020, had treated 137 patients.

Mayo University Hospital (MUH) is reverting to virtual outpatient clinics for the next two weeks and most elective procedures at the hospital have also been deferred, apart from time-critical procedures and cancer cases, which are still going ahead. Patients are being notified directly of cancellations.

Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) has taken the decision to defer all but very urgent and time critical inpatient and day surgery for an initial two week period.

Staff in University Hospital Galway were among those who received the first doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine administered on Tuesday, with management immediately hailing it as a milestone event which will offer protection for staff and patients who come into contact with the deadly virus.

Mayo University Hospital has advised that patients who require Emergency Department care are to firstly come to the main Emergency Department (ED) entrance at the front of the hospital.

Seán Kyne, Fine Gael senator in Galway has welcomed confirmation that construction has started on the new €62 million radiation oncology at UHG following disruption caused by Covid-19.

Senator Sean Kyne has told the resumed An Bord Pleanála Oral Hearing on the N6 Galway City Ring Road Project that is impossible to thread a new, high quality road between the city and Lough Corrib without creating a major impact on homes and businesses.