Following a review of visiting times at University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park University Hospital, from Wednesday 01 December, visiting will now be permitted during the following times:
2pm – 3pm
6pm – 7pm
Access to visitors is limited to one person per patient each day. Visits must be pre-arranged by family members / visitors, who should contact the relevant ward or unit in advance.
Patients attending the Emergency Department, outpatient and other appointments at University Hospital Galway are facing significant delays as the impact of the ransomware attack on the HSE IT systems continues to affect the delivery of hospital services.
Dr Rebecca Weedle, Senior House Officer, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Dr Alan Soo, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, University Hospital Galway won the prestigious Sylvester O’Halloran poster award recently at the 25th Sylvester O’Halloran Surgical Scientific Symposium for their research project on using neutrophil lymphocyte ratio as a simple biomarker to predict complication post cardiac.
