The laboratory at Galway University Hospitals has begun COVID-19 testing using a new high-throughput molecular PCR machine. The new equipment will enable the laboratory to process up to 500 swabs from patients per day, with a turnaround of approximately 3 hours per batch. Until now the laboratory was carrying out COVID-19 batch testing on two separate machines with a turnaround of up to 10 hours and a maximum of 300 tests per day.
A group of health and social care professionals at Galway University Hospitals will be holding a virtual Career’s Evening for secondary school students on Thursday 29 October from 6pm. The event will be hosted on the Webex platform and to take part students can register for free at https://bit.ly/3jmKKK8 Once registered, students will receive a confirmation email with the event details.
Dr Muhammad Farman, Consultant Gastroenterologist with an interest in pancreatico-bilary medicine has recently been appointed to Galway University Hospitals (GUH).
Dr Farman graduated from Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan in 2007 and completed higher specialist training in Gastroenterology in Beaumont Hospital, the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, St Vincent’s University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital, Cork.
A national study to look at the rates of previous COVID-19 infections in healthcare workers is currently underway at University Hospital Galway and St James’s Hospital in Dublin. Staff currently working in these two hospitals are being invited to have a blood test to determine the presence of COVID-19 antibodies. This PRECISE study will be repeated in six months and the data compared.
The Maternity Department at University Hospital Galway (UHG) has redesigned its breastfeeding support service to connect with women virtually instead of face-to-face antenatal workshops and drop-in clinics.
As part of International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day, University Hospital Galway will hold a virtual candle lighting memorial ceremony on Thursday 15 October at 6.45pm in the hospital chapel which can be viewed live online at www.mcnmedia.tv/camera/uhg-chapel
Galway University Hospitals (GUH) will host its 11th annual Ecumenical Memorial Service in remembrance of deceased patients of the hospital on Wednesday 07 October at 7pm. The service will be streamed live from the hospital chapel on https://www.mcnmedia.tv/camera/uhg-chapel
A clinical trial to evaluate a new, investigational treatment for patients with high blood pressure commenced in Galway University Hospitals (GUH) this month
Clinical teams at Galway University Hospitals have delivered over 36,000 virtual outpatient consultations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The cardiology team at Galway University Hospitals (GUH) has carried out a first-in-man clinical trial for a sensor which detects changes in the health of patients with heart failure and securely transmits the information to the care team for review, allowing for clinical intervention to prevent a heart failure flare-up resulting in urgent hospitalisation.
