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Diggers will be on site in the next six weeks to commence work on the new elective surgical hub on the grounds of Merlin Park Hospital which is set to open next year.

Diggers will be on site in the next six weeks to commence work on the new elective surgical hub on the grounds of Merlin Park Hospital which is set to open next year.

People with serious illnesses and carers are not being given the priority they need under the current vaccination roll-out, which should be focussed on "the most vulnerable people and those most at risk".

There have been 2,203 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in Mayo over the two-week period from Wednesday, December 30, to Tuesday, January 12, according to the latest information at the time of this newspaper going to print.

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.

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.

Work has commenced on a design brief for a three-storey elective surgery unit at Merlin Park, which would be the first phase in the development of a new hospital on the 147-acre site, it was revealed last evening.

Health Minister Simon Harris has agreed to meet with consultants from Merlin Park Hospital regarding the need for investment after roof leaks closed two operating theatres last week.

Fianna Fáil General Election candidate for Mayo Cllr Lisa Chambers says the cancellation of all elective surgery at Mayo General Hospital this week will have major knock-on effects on patient waiting times. Hospital management were forced to cancel procedures due to the increase in the number of people on trolleys in the emergency department.