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O, hurry, where by water, among the trees,

The HSE West apologised this week to a 94-year-old Connemara great-grandmother of 34 children who had to spend two nights on a trolley at UHG’s A&E department.

One of the most outspoken critics of the local health service has been re-elected unopposed as the chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum.

The misdiagnosed miscarriage saga at UHG took a further twist this week when the chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum revealed he was contacted by the family of a woman who was wrongly told she had lost her unborn baby 19 years ago.

McInerney Homes has been building homes for more than 100 years and has been building in Galway since 1965. Since this time McInerney Homes has built more than 3,000 homes in Galway city. The company’s reputation for building quality, affordable, homes can be recognised in the well established community of Renmore.

A model of care for Alzheimer’s sufferers championed by a Mayo man has been commended as a progressive approach to positive ageing. John Grant of Western Alzheimer’s was singled out for mention at a health conference in Galway this month for promoting a ‘household’ system of care through residential homes catering to small numbers of patients at a time.

A model of care for Alzheimer’s sufferers championed by a Mayo man has been commended as a progressive approach to positive ageing. John Grant of Western Alzheimer’s was singled out for mention at a health conference in Galway last week for promoting a ‘household’ system of care through residential homes catering to small numbers of patients at a time.

The continuing imposition of ‘austerity measures’ yet again this week, with even more taxes to empty our coffers through new levies and cutbacks, is enough to make a body feel old. Imagine, though, if we all really were old right now in this modern youth-obsessed society of ours — what would it be like having to worry about not only funding our remaining years through a dwindling pension, but also the looming handicap of health issues?

A local TD is spearheading a campaign to keep a city community nursing home open at its current location.

Built by Sawgrass Construction in 2002, Castan is a small development of semidetached and mid-terrace homes. The development is well laid out with a large landscaped green area in the centre of the development with all homes positioned in a circle around this green area. Located on the east side of the city, all amenities are close by including GMIT, Galway Clinic, Merlin Park Hospital, Kingsvalley Hotel, Clayton Hotel, Briarhill Shopping Centre, and numerous multinational companies.