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Waiting times for paediatric patients requiring eye tests have been reduced dramatically from two years to six weeks in Galway under the new Ophthalmology Modernised Care Pathway.

The Saolta University Health Care Group, which incorporates Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe, recently launched an in-depth look back report on the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination programme.

Independent election candidate Harry Barrett has hit out at the Government, and at Fianna Fail in particular, for failing to secure a primary care physician for Lahardane ahead of the position becoming vacant on October 1.

The head of the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs the local public hospitals in the west and north-west, urged the public this week not to become complacent about Covid-19.

The Saolta University Health Care Group is has launched an in-depth look back report on the rollout of the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme across the West and Northwest.

The Saolta University Health Care Group and Galway University Hospitals has issued a statement welcoming the progress in developing a new surgical hub in Galway city - which will provide a significant uplift in surgical capacity in the western region.

- and warns that Covid-19 cases are on the rise again

Saolta Chief Tony Canavan has offered assurances that plans are being put in place to cope with anticipated public demand throughout the winter season.

The Saolta University Health Care Group and Galway University Hospitals (GUH) welcomed last evening's announcement of the progression of an elective hospital for the region.

More than 6,000 bed days were lost at Galway’s public hospitals in the first nine months of this year because patients who were fit to be discharged were still occupying HSE beds.