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Patients attending University Hospital Galway's emergency department (ED) who are waiting to be admitted to a bed on a ward, continue to experience long delays again this week due to pressure on bed capacity.

Patients attending University Hospital Galway's emergency department (ED) who are waiting to be admitted to a bed on a ward, continue to experience long delays again this week due to pressure on bed capacity.

University Hospital Galway is under growing pressure this week due to rising Covid-19 patient numbers, hundreds of staff being unavailable for work due to the virus, and outbreaks of the illness in the facility.

Following new national guidance on visiting, visitors to Portiuncula hospital will be asked to produce their EU Digital Covid Certificate or HSE Covid-19 Vaccination Record or other proof of immunity at the entrance.

This year staff working in Portiuncula University Hospitals are supporting UNICEF’s Childhood Immunisation Programme through the ‘Get a Vaccine, Give a Vaccine’ initiative.

Work will begin next year on a new 50-bed block at Portiuncula University Hospital in Ballinasloe. The contract for the project will be awarded in early 2022, Deputy Denis Naughten confirmed this week.

Portiuncula University Hospital was illuminated by pink and blue light on Friday evening last as part of an international Wave of Light to mark pregnancy and infant loss.

Last week 93 patients spent a night on a trolley in Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe, which is at least in part due to the failure to provide 12 new isolation beds that were to be opened last April, according to local Deputy Denis Naughten.

An ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, combined with a major increase in patients seeking treatment, is resulting in long waiting times for patients at University Hospital Galway.