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Steps have been taken to prepare for increased numbers of patients attending the emergency department at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe, according to HSE West which this week moved to reassure the public.

A two-year-old boy has died following an accident at a Coosan housing estate yesterday lunchtime.

Critical services will be maintained despite the effects of retirements and budget restraints, that is according to regional director of operations John Hennessy at the launch of the West Area Service Plan for 2012.

The management at Portiuncula Hospital has asked that people refrain from visiting patients at the facility following an outbreak of norovirus, more commonly known as the winter vomiting bug, in two wards.

A local TD is calling for a clear plan to be drawn up in the New Year to illustrate how the appointment of three new consultants to University, Merlin Park and Portiuncula Hospitals will work in the various facilities.

Some 21 health care assistants were awarded with FETAC Level 5 Health Service Skills Certificates at a graduation and award ceremony at the Education Centre, Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe, last Wednesday.

A Leaving Cert student who tragically lost her life when her vehicle collided with another in Portumna on Bank Holiday Monday is to be laid to rest today.

Two separate investigations are underway after a lorry collided with a road sweeper and jackknifed, coming partially off the Athlone bypass yesterday morning.

Two of Galway’s public hospitals will come under increasing pressure if a proposal to close Roscommon County Hospital’s A&E department in a fortnight’s time goes ahead, a local trade union official warned this week.

“People will die unnecessarily” was the grim message from chairman of the Roscommon Hospital Action Committee, as the group prepared to meet yesterday evening [Thursday] to decide on the next step in their battle to save local hospital services.