Rural dwellers in County Galway have to travel some of the longest distances in the country – just to reach the most basic of services. Figures...
“Medical apartheid” is well and truly alive in Galway with new figures showing there has been an increase in doctor visit cards and a corresponding decline...
For nearly 30 years, generations of Barna families went through the surgery in Truskey West of Dr Ann Gibbons – the village’s well-liked and respected General...
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has moved to try to reassure patients in Connemara that adequate cover for the imminent retirement of a GP is being...
The medical and equine fraternities across the region are in mourning this week with the passing of Tuam man, Dr. John Waldron, following a road traffic...
The HSE is to finally appoint a permanent General Practitioner to Moycullen next month – a full seven years after the post was vacated. The original...
The representative body of general practitioners has cited two vacant positions in County Galway as evidence of a long term under-investment in general practice in rural...
