The HSE West offered only one site as a new home for Galway Hospice, it has been confirmed. Contrary to rumours circulating locally that Galway Hospice...
Health Minister Simon Harris has indicated that he is willing to consider the use of Merlin Park Hospital to provide a solution to Galway’s ongoing health...
Orthodontic appointments for 130 children were cancelled in Galway because the dental x-ray machine was so old it stopped working. The patients, aged nine to sixteen,...
The staff Park and Ride service between Merlin Park Hospital and University Hospital Galway has been hailed a huge success by the HSE. There were a...
The west’s two most senior health managers have publicly backed a vision to build a new public hospital in Galway. Head honchos from Saolta Hospital Group...
Dozens of children’s orthodontic treatments at Merlin Park have been cancelled – because X-ray equipment at the hospital keeps breaking down. Meanwhile, no new patients requiring...
There were 25 ‘serious incidents’ at Galway’s three public hospitals last year in which patients died, or suffered serious harm, during procedures. Some 16 of these...
The Saolta group of public hospitals, including three in Galway, had a budget deficit of €23 million in 2015 – despite getting a multi-million Euro bailout...
