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Mayo obesity rates in adults are above the national average
As many as one in three adults over 40 years of age in Mayo are obese, according to a report launched this week by Croí, the West of Ireland Cardiac Foundation, in collaboration with HSE West’s Mayo Primary Community and Continuing Care Department.
Tips to help you with your diet resolutions
The Community Nutrition and Dietetic Service of HSE West offer 12 tips for successful weight loss:
Meeting for heart health
Local heart charity Croí in collaboration with HSE West’s Mayo PCCC, will host a free public meeting and open forum on Heart Disease: Prevention and Management, on Wednesday November 17 at 8pm, in the Dalton Inn Hotel, Claremorris.
Decision to ‘pull’ plastic surgery service at Portiuncula Hospital a ‘scandal’ says TD
An outreach plastic surgery service being provided at Portiuncula Hospital is to be “pulled” due to a lack of clerical support, a local TD has claimed.
Public urged to march to voice anger at health cuts
A new organisation formed to fight the health cuts is urging people to take part in a protest rally at the end of the month.
HSE West received forty seven queries on miscarriage intervention
HSE West has received 47 queries from women in relation to induced miscarriages carried out following the advice of consultants.
New health forum chair is old chair
The process of electing a new chairman of HSE West, the health forum that represents Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, Clare, and Limerick, took all of 30 seconds at the AGM this week when sitting chair Cllr Padraig Conneely, Fine Gael, and former Mayor of Galway, was re-elected unanimously without contest.
HSE confirms hospital bed closures
Any doubt as to whether there will be future ward closures at Mayo General Hospital was clarified this week when the director of operations of HSE west confirmed that there will definitely be ward closures in all public hospitals in the future.
Pest infestations rife in local hospitals
There were over 58 pest incidents recorded in Roscommon hospital and 26 in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe in the past five years, according to records released this week.
New physical activity project for Crossmolina/Killala areas
Do you want some help to keep a new year’s resolution to get fit this year? If you are aged 55 or over and live in the Crossmolina/Killala/Ballycastle area, you can get involved in an exciting new physical activity project which is being co-ordinated by the Mayo Sports Partnership and HSE West, in association with local community centres, local health professionals, and community groups.