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The extent of the problems which exist within the health service became glaringly apparent this week with the major catastrophe which developed surrounding the provision of patient transport to certain treatments.

The HSE West has overspent by €34.6 million in the first four months of the year and this debt could reach €100 million by December, a meeting of the HSE West Forum was warned this week.

Mayo General Hospital has always been used as a political pawn but its future is one which is of the utmost importance to the people of this county.

After much manoeuvring and collective holding of breath, a new highly sophisticated MRI scanner was safely delivered and installed at Mayo General Hospital this week. The completion and commissioning of the unit is now taking place, with a view to accepting the first patients during the second week of March 2011.

There has been a 40 per cent increase in the number of people treated on trolleys at Mayo General Hospital in the last two years.

Cllr Michelle Mulherin, Mayo Fine Gael General Election candidate, has said that it was premature to forbid the cutting of turf for domestic purposes in 2011, pending the establishment of the management structures and the appointment of an independent chairperson.

Following a thorough selection process Mayo General Hospital has been selected as a centre of excellence for colonoscopy screening.

Dr Jerry Cowley, Labour party general election candidate for Mayo, has called on HSE management to spend the €300,000 allocation for an extension to the dialysis unit in Mayo General Hospital and end patients travelling to Galway.

Members of staff at Mayo General Hospital were informed on Tuesday last that 150 temporary workers are to lose their jobs from September 1 next. Devastated employees are now set to be forced on to the dole queues while services at the hospital are sure to come under considerable strain.

The ARAMARK Healthcare team at Mayo General Hospital has retained the flagship ISO 22000 Food Safety Management Systems certification. This certification is a signal to all hospital users of the high standards of hygiene and food safety which are in place at MGH.