The nurses’ union has formally urged the Chief Fire Officer to investigate 17 alleged breaches of the fire regulations as a result of chronic overcrowding in...
More than ten patients a day left the Emergency Department of University Hospital Galway last year without being seen or screened. Saolta University Hospital Group confirmed...
Complaints about the Emergency Department of University Hospital Galway (UHG) jumped by 55% last year, the Connacht Tribune has learned. During 2021, when strict Covid-19 restrictions...
Fifteen patients every day who present for treatment at Galway’s two public Emergency Departments leave before being seen or treated. The new figures from the Health...
Nurses are warning of a catastrophic winter ahead with figures showing over 1,000 patients could not get a bed at the Galway emergency department last month...
The number of medical card holders who received drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) for free in Galway last year fell by 19% –...
Cash-strapped University Hospital Galway is owed almost €1 million in unpaid Emergency Department fees. The hospital has confirmed that when patients don’t pay bills it puts...
An assault of a nurse or doctor takes places every second day at Galway city’s two public hospitals. The abuse, both physical and verbal, is perpetrated...
