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New hospital for Galway now ‘realistic prospect’ says TD
The Saolta University Healthcare Group has requested funding of €1 million to advance plans for the development of a new hospital at Merlin Park in its budgetary submission to the Department of Health.
Concerned Connemara residents call for return of second ambulance
The return of a second ambulance to Clifden and the deployment of an ambulance from Leenane Garda Barracks, which is not in use, are two solutions being put forward to rectify the "terribly inadequate" ambulance service in North West Connemara.
Health Minister asks hospital authorities to draw up a new plan for the future of GUH
Health Minister Simon Harris has asked the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs University and Merlin Park hospitals, to draw up a new plan for the future of these facilities taking into account any expansion needed to meet the growing demands for these services.
No progress on Inishbofin health centre 'farcical' and 'ridiculous'
Instead of a new health centre being built on Inishbofin island, a situation "bordering on farcical" has been allowed develop where the project has been allowed to stall and islanders are expected to be satisfied with the current, "unfit for purpose", health centre.
Ambulance numbers must be increased to improve turnaround times — Chambers
Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo Lisa Chambers says urgent investment is needed in the ambulance fleet in the western region to ensure that turnaround targets are being met. The latest data supplied to Fianna Fáil reveals that only 9.5 per cent of ambulance calls at Mayo University Hospital were cleared within the official 20 minute window.
Basking in May and polling in France
What a wonderful, wonderful May we are having – let me correct that, what a wonderful first week of May we are having.
Grealish rubbishes Government response to moving UHG services to Merlin Park
Government "dodging the issue" of moving services from UHG to Merlin Park to solve overcrowding at the UHG Emergency Department is "unhelpful" and "the people of Galway and the west of Ireland deserve better."
Orkambi decision will make CF sufferers feel like equal citizens again
CF sufferers are brave.
New UHG emergency department to be constructed by 2021
Funding for a new state-of-the-art emergency department at University Hospital Galway, which could cost up to €120m, will be included in an HSE mid term capital review due to be published in June or July.
Thousands of children waiting for orthodontic treatment as key posts remain vacant – Calleary
Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has called on the Health Minister to immediately intervene to reduce waiting lists and waiting times for orthodontic treatment for children in the west. New figures released to the Mayo TD reveal that there are 1,741 children on the list for orthodontic assessment and another 2,689 waiting for treatment.
