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The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has told the HSE that beds in hospitals in Mayo will be closed due to the release by the HSE of 376 pre-registration student nurses from the west region this week. Replacement qualified nurses have not replaced the student nurses, which means that without this replacement, beds and services will close.

A nurse who was found swaying from side to side and slurring her words with drugs belonging to residents scattered around her is facing an anxious wait over her career this week.

University Hospital Galway’s emergency department - which continues to hit the headlines due to overcrowding problems - will be put under the spotlight next month when a national A&E forum will be held in Galway to examine ways to improves its service.

The ‘Curse of Eve’ has its grip on all the Eves of the modern world. We are told that giving birth has to be painful. Or at least that is what we believe because we were told by our mother, aunt, friend, we saw it on television, the midwife and the obstetrician talk about it – so who are we to even dare thinking it might be different for any of us?

A leading nursing union official has warned that the recruitment ban on frontline hospital staff, such as nurses and midwives, must be lifted and closed beds must be opened at University Hospital Galway to resolve the ongoing problems at the facility’s emergency department.

Birthhwise ante natal and parenting course will be held next on Saturday April 10, May 8, June 12, and July 17 in Day's Hotel, Castlebar.

The general secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says the campaign by public sector workers to reverse the pay cuts in the Budget must also make sure that the dismantling of the public health service is stopped.

For all you expectant mothers out there, a one day Birthwise ante natal and parenting course will be held once a month every month over the coming year.

The numbers of patients being treated on trolleys at Mayo General Hospital remained consistently high this week, despite a quieter start to the week than has been experienced recently.

The numbers of patients being treated on trolleys at Mayo General Hospital remained high this week.