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Dear TD/Senator,

University Hospital Galway is advising that visiting restrictions remain in place due to influenza and COVID-19 outbreaks on site.

The Clinical Simulation and Interprofessional Education Facility at NUI Galway was officially opened last Friday by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly.

A total of 189 patients at Galway University Hospital had to spend days on trolleys for the week ending October 29, according to INMO Trolley Watch data figures.

An ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, combined with a major increase in patients seeking treatment, is resulting in long waiting times for patients at University Hospital Galway.

The chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care group, which runs the local public hospitals, warned this week that the country is heading towards a fourth wave of Covid-19 with case numbers rising and expected to increase further in the coming weeks.

Patients attending the Emergency Department, outpatient and other appointments at University Hospital Galway are facing significant delays as the impact of the ransomware attack on the HSE IT systems continues to affect the delivery of hospital services.

 The service disruptions at Galway University Hospitals as a result of the ransomware attack on the HSE IT systems are expected to continue next week. The following disruptions apply to University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park University Hospital:

As the country's acute hospital system comes under extreme pressure from rising Covid-19 numbers, the head of the local hospital group fears that the worst has yet to come.

Local hospitals are under “extreme pressure” and it would not take a lot to “push them over the edge” the chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care Group warned this week.