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...
Patients were packed like sardines into two Emergency Departments of Galway’s public hospitals this week as the number of people waiting on trolleys soared past 750...
Overcrowding at Galway’s two main public hospitals in 2022 was the worst year on record. The number of patients on trolleys, without a hospital bed, and...
Almost 9,500 patients were forced to wait on trolleys and chairs in University Hospital Galway and Portiuncula Hospital in 2019 – a figure that has more...
‘Dangerous and frightening’ conditions in Galway’s public hospitals – including daily Emergency Department overcrowding – prompted local nurses to vote overwhelmingly for strike action for more...
More than 8,750 patients were forced to wait on trolleys and chairs in University Hospital Galway and Portiuncula Hospital in 2018 – a figure that has...
There were almost 4,900 people left waiting on trolleys and chairs at University Hospital Galway in the first eight months of this year – up more...
There were almost 4,500 people left waiting on trolleys and chairs at University Hospital Galway and Portiuncula in Ballinasloe in the first six months of this...
