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A hackney driver, who when on his way to collect dialysis patients from Mayo General Hospital, veered across the road and collided into a car, was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday for a dangerous driving charge.

A statement issued by the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine on Tuesday highlighted the curtailing or closure of the emergency departments in a number of nationwide hospitals and listed Mayo General Hospital as one which has an “acute” problem. However the HSE has said it is trying to address the issue.

There was serious overcrowding experienced at Mayo General Hospital this week with 23 patients being treated on trolleys on Wednesday, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation trolley watch survey.

Volunteers are needed to run, jog or walk for the Special Care Baby Unit of Mayo General Hospital in the West of Ireland Women's 10k mini marathon, which takes place on May 2 in Castlebar.

Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony has said that the decision by the HSE to slash the health service budgets for 2010 in Mayo by €28m will impact on every single family in Mayo at some stage this year. Deputy O’Mahony was speaking in the aftermath of the news that the hospital and community services budgets have been dramatically slashed by the HSE.

There are no plans to curtain A&E services at Mayo General Hospital, according to assurances given in the Dáil to Beverley Flynn TD.

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

Mayo General Hospital has recently launched a paperless results service for GPs that uses the hospital’s laboratory services. This is a significant innovation and provides substantial benefits to patients and GP practices.

Gardaí in Castlebar are seeking witnesses to an altercation that led to one man in his 30s needing to receive hospital treatment this week.

Mayo General Hospital’s social club table quiz will take place on February 24 at 9pm in Rocky’s, Linenhall Street, Castlebar. The quiz costs €40 per table of four and there will be prizes galore with the proceeds going towards cystic fibrosis. And of course, as it is Shrove Tuesday, pancakes will be served.