Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the community, access to visitors is now being limited to exceptional circumstances and compassionate grounds only in the following Saolta Group hospitals:
Welcome to the Winter 2021 edition of the Saolta University Health Care Group newsletter featuring some of the developments and achievements that have been taking place in hospitals throughout the Group.
Click here to download a copy of the Saolta e-Newsletter Issue 48 Winter 2021.
The first walk-in vaccination clinics for booster doses for people aged 50 to 59 will take place this weekend in the Carrick on Shannon and Sligo Racecourse Vaccination Centres.
Carrick on Shannon, Walk-in Clinic for Booster Vaccine for those aged 50 to 59
Saturday 11 December, 9am to 12pm. For people who had their second dose on or before 14 July.
Sligo Racecourse, Walk-in Clinic for Booster Vaccine for those aged 50 to 59
Following new national guidance on visiting, visitors to all hospitals will be asked to produce their EU Digital COVID Certificate or HSE COVID-19 Vaccination Record or other proof of immunity at the entrance. Visitors may be asked to show some photo ID to prove that the proof of immunity is theirs.
International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day takes place each year on 15 October. As part of this global initiative to recognise, acknowledge and remember babies who have passed away due to miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, and other causes of infant loss, a number of events are taking place in Saolta hospitals.
This flu season presents a real challenge to our health services. Healthcare workers in our hospitals across the country have worked tirelessly, made huge sacrifices and continue to do so as a result ofthe COVID-19 pandemic. However, COVID-19 hasn’t replaced the flu. It is up to all of us to get the fluvaccine to protect ourselves, our families and our patients.
Walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinics continue this week at centres across the West and North West. Anyone aged 12 upwards who needs a vaccine is invited to come to a walk-in clinic for either a first or second dose.
Welcome to the Autumn 2021 edition of the Saolta University Health Care Group newsletter featuring some of the developments and achievements that have been taking place in hospitals throughout the Group.
Click here to download a copy of the Saolta e-Newsletter Issue 47 Autumn 2021.
