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Camogie playing student’s transplant inspires her support for kidney centre appeal
When 22-year-old University of Galway student Michelle Barry received a phone call late one night in April this year from Beaumont Hospital, telling her a deceased donor kidney had become available, it was a call she and her family had been waiting years to receive.
Camogie playing student’s transplant inspires her support for kidney centre appeal
When 22-year-old University of Galway student Michelle Barry received a phone call late one night in April this year from Beaumont Hospital, telling her a deceased donor kidney had become available, it was a call she and her family had been waiting years to receive.
Bank holiday sees 36 patients on trolleys in Galway
Galway University Hospital had the third highest number of patients waiting on trolleys across the country this week, after a busy bank holiday weekend.
2023 is ‘worst year on record’ for hospital overcrowding
More than 8,914 patients of University Hospital Galway (UHG) and 121,000 patients nationally were without a bed in 2023, making it the worst year for hospital overcrowding on record according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives organisation (INMO).
Urgent steps needed at UHG to avoid post-Easter trolley surge, says INMO
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) last evening urged the HSE to take immediate action to avoid a post-Easter trolley surge.
Government action needed as five thousand people leave local EDs without being assessed
A total of 5,327 people walked out of emergency departments in Galway's public hospitals last year without being assessed.
Nearly half of State’s medical helicopter missions used UHG helipad in 2018
A total of 260 medical aircraft movements by the Irish Air Corps and Irish Coast Guard was recorded at University Hospital Galway's (UHG) helipad last year. The number represents 49 per cent of all medical helicopter missions in the State for 2018, which include emergency calls, transfers, and search and rescue.
Limerick A&E overcrowding should serve as warning to Galway says Ó Tuathail
Despite the opening of a new Emergency Department in University Hospital Limerick, the hospital continues to suffer severe overcrowding, a situation that should serve as a warning to Galway and its own A&E crisis.
UHG to offer insulin pump therapy for under-sixes shortly
University Hospital Galway is in the process of appointing a paediatric endocrinologist.
Children with diabetes forced to travel to Limerick for treatment
Local children with Type 1 diabetes areas are forced to travel to Limerick for treatment because a paediatric diabetes consultant post has remained unfilled at University Hospital Galway for the past two years.
