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An on-line survey, operated by Irishhealth.com, has revealed that public opinion on the overall level of care provided by University Hospital Galway (UHG) is one of the lowest in the country, with one former patient describing the hospital as “dog house”.

A very special art exhibition comes to Moate this month, with the launch of the ‘Best Moments’ exhibition next Friday October 10. Featuring the work of Monica Maxwell, the body of work reflects some of the artist’s passions and happiest childhood memories, as well as coinciding with the birth of her first child.

The community in Ballinasloe was in shock yesterday when they awoke to the news that a married couple had lost their lives in a fire which tore though their mobile home in the middle of the night.

Athlone Round Table’s 2008 annual charity ball will take place on November 22 at the Radisson, SAS Athlone.

A 71-year-old retired farmer, who had beaten the odds by surviving major surgery, unexpectedly died from asphyxiation when a tracheostomy tube, which had been inserted in his throat to help him breathe, became dislodged after nurses at NUIG turned him on his side for a wash, an inquest in to his death heard last Thursday.

GTI STUDENTS will hold the GTI Community College Christmas Party, to raise funds for charity, in Massimo on Monday December 21 from 9.30pm.

Members of the Irish Nurses Organisation at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe held a lunchtime protest outside the facility on Tuesday over what the union claims is the “wrongful suspension” of two long serving senior nurse managers.

Industrial action was lifted at Portiuncula Hospital earlier this week following agreement between the nursing union, the Irish Nurses’ Organisation, and the HSE West.

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation there are 25 people being treated on trolleys at Mayo General Hospital today out of 475 nationwide.

A man remains in intensive care in hospital following a house fire in Battery Heights on Wednesday this week.