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Throughout the month of May, the extraordinary dedication of nurses and midwives is celebrated around the world, with International Day of the Midwives taking place on Tuesday, May 5, and International Nurses Day on Tuesday, May 12.

As we approach International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 8, it’s the perfect time to celebrate the women who make Galway great.

A powerful new art exhibition titled Healing in Colour has been officially launched at University Hospital Galway by Mayor of Galway City, Cllr Mike Cubbard. The exhibition showcases a deeply moving collection of artworks created through a series of participatory art workshops held in hospital and community settings across the city.

Galway-based Signum Surgical has announced the appointment of Ms. Carol Burns as Chief Executive Officer.

University Hospital Galway (UHG) is urging the public to consider all care options as it deals with very high attendances. The Emergency Department in UHG was extremely busy with 583 people attending over the bank holiday weekend (184 Saturday, 166 Sunday and 233 Monday) and high numbers tracking again on Tuesday morning when there were 53 people on trolleys.

University Hospital Galway is urging people to consider all care options as it deals with very high attendances at its Emergency Department today. The announcement follows a very busy Bank Holiday weekend at the ED.

Independent Ireland candidate for Galway West, Noel Thomas, has said that the group will give medical cards to all cancer patients and abolish the means test for carers.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has commenced a health technology assessment (HTA) of extending Ireland’s national colorectal cancer screening programme, BowelScreen, to those aged 50 to 54 years.