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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.

RONAN FAGAN AND MARY O’CONNOR

Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) has taken the decision to defer all but very urgent and time critical inpatient and day surgery for an initial two week period.

Staff in Portiuncula University Hospital are once again supporting the UNICEF ‘Get a Vaccine, Give a Vaccine’ campaign by getting their flu vaccination.

Support opposing the development of a major waste facility at Poolboy in Ballinasloe has garnered further traction following the hosting of a virtual public meeting by the concerned ‘Ballinasloe Says No’ group in recent times.

Work is continuing on a number of important projects at Portiuncula University Hospital which will significantly improve the facilities at the hospital for patients.

The works to the radiology department at Portiuncula University Hospital are due to be completed by late February 2021. Prequalification documentation is due to be published on etenders for the main construction works to deliver the new 50 bed ward block in early January 2021.

All patients attending the local public hospitals are asked to attend the facilities alone, except in exceptional circumstances.

The laboratory at Galway University Hospitals has begun Covid-19 testing using a new high-throughput molecular PCR machine. The new equipment will enable the laboratory to process up to 500 swabs from patients per day, with a turnaround of approximately three hours per batch.

The laboratory at Galway University Hospitals has begun Covid-19 testing using a new high-throughput molecular PCR machine. The new equipment will enable the laboratory to process up to 500 swabs from patients per day, with a turnaround of approximately three hours per batch.