The renowned transplant surgeon, Mr David Hickey, gave a moving, accurate and up to date lecture as guest speaker at Letterkenny General Hospital’s Research Day Symposium last week (Friday 22 November).
Mr Hickey was invited by Mr Charles McManus, Director of Medical Education at Letterkenny General Hospital and Team Physician to the Donegal county footballers, to give a talk on the volunteerism that forms the bedrock for both organ transplantation and grass roots GAA.
The first conference of the West/North West Hospitals Group successfully kicked off this morning (Wednesday 27 November ) with presentations from leading national and international health care experts. The conference was held in partnership with NUI Galway and hosted more than 140 healthcare leaders from around the country and international guests.
The first conference of the West/North West Hospitals Group successfully kicked off this morning (Wednesday 27 November ) with presentations from leading national and international health care experts. The conference was held in partnership with NUI Galway and hosted more than 140 healthcare leaders from around the country and international guests.
Bill Maher, CEO of the West / North West Hospitals Group and Tony Canavan, Chief Operating Officer attended the Regional Health Forum Area West meeting in Galway today and provided an update on a number of developments in the Hospital Group.
In addition, Tony Canavan read a statement* with an update following the completion of the three investigations which followed the tragic maternal death case at UHG last year.
Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe (PHB) is introducing a smoke free campus policy on Monday 02 December.
From this date it will no longer be possible to smoke anywhere on the hospital grounds, for example entrances, doorways, walkways, internal roads, car parks, cars, bicycle shelters etc.
Swollen ankles, breathlessness and extreme tiredness are key symptoms of heart failure, a chronic condition affecting 90,000 people living in Ireland and responsible for 20,000 hospital admissions each year.
The Orthopaedic and Rheumatology departments at Galway University Hospitals are holding a free public information evening on bone health – “Looking after your bone health, what you need to know” - on Wednesday 27 November from 7.30pm to 9.30pm in the Salthill Hotel, Galway.
The 4th International Palliative Medicine Conference takes place on 22 and 23 of November in the Radisson Hotel, Galway. The conference which features 40 expert speakers from Ireland, UK, New Zealand and Australia is organised by Dr Dympna Waldron, Palliative Medicine Consultant, Galway University Hospitals and Clinical Lecturer NUI Galway.
An initiative to introduce structured education programmes for people with diabetes by the Diabetes Education Team at Galway University Hospitals has won the “Patient Lifestyle Education Project” category at the Irish Medical Times 2013 Healthcare Awards.
The project involves providing structured training to people with type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes so that they can develop the necessary skills and knowledge to successfully self manage their chronic illness.
