A new bereavement room for patients and families using the maternity services at University Hospital Galway was officially opened yesterday evening, Thursday, 07 December by Cathy Quinn, the First Midwife Consultant in Perinatal Bereavement Care appointed in Ireland. Semora Ciúin is the first in-patient bereavement room to be opened in the country.
The fifth annual report of the Saolta University Health Care Group Cancer Centre was recently launched by the Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD. The cancer programme in Saolta is the largest in the country and has been running since 2006 with a designated Cancer Centre at Galway University Hospital and multidisciplinary teams delivering treatment to thousands of cancer patients across the region.
The team behind UHG's 'Serum Eye Drop Programme' has been nominated as a finalist in the National HSE Excellence Awards, which take place in Farmleigh House on Thursday, December 14th. More than 300 projects were submitted to the awards programme, out of which 11 were nominated as finalists.
The Children’s Remembrance Day Committee at University Hospital Galway (UHG) launched their annual ‘sponsor a Christmas tree light’ last night in the staff canteen, UHG.
The 3rd Saolta University Health Care Group Staff Recognition Awards took place recently in the Ardilaun Hotel Galway and Galway University Hospitals were presented with two awards on the evening. The team based in the Blood and Tissue Laboratories in GUH won the research award for their work on procuring three new unique licences for Tissue Procurement – a first in the Republic of Ireland.
The Saolta University Health Care Group in consultation with the RCSI will host a cardiac surgery study day at the Medtronic Customer Innovation Centre in Galway on Friday, 24 November. Leading specialists in cardiothoracic surgery from the UK, Ireland and America (Mayo Clinic) will attend and provide an update to attendees on the innovations and developments taking place in their service.
Cairde Othair na Gaillimhe, a Men's Health Awareness Night, will be held on Friday 24 November 2017 in the Ardilaun Hotel, Taylor's Hill, Galway. for more information, please contact the Ardilaun Hotel on 091 521433
Galway University Hospitals End of Life Care Committee will hold its eight annual Ecumenical Memorial Service on Thursday, 26 October at 7.00 pm in the staff canteen, Nurses Home, University Hospital Galway.
6 Week Programme covering:- Learning about stress; Controlling your body; Controlling your thoughts; Controlling your actions; Controlling your panic; Controlling your sleep & maintaining wellbeing for the future.
Dates: Weekly on Tuesdays commencing 24thOctober– 28th November (6weeks in total)
