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...
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...
Galway’s Covid-19 death toll has passed the 300 milestone. The latest official mortality figures come as visitor restrictions remain in place at Galway’s public hospitals struggling...
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...
Nurses fear a winter of discontent in Galway’s two main public hospitals, which are bursting at the seams with patients being treated on trolleys. The overcrowding...
From this week’s Galway City Tribune – There is still no date for the construction of the new Emergency Department at UHG, the Government admitted this...
More than 1,750 elderly patients faced waiting times of over 24 hours in the Emergency Department at University Hospital Galway last year. UHG had the second...
High demand for beds at University Hospital Galway – particularly from those aged over 75 – was the reason for significant overcrowding in the Emergency Department,...
