Visiting restrictions are in place at Mayo University Hospital due to some patients in B Ward displaying symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting usually caused by Norovirus, commonly known as the winter vomiting bug.
Anyone with recent symptoms of diarrhoea and/or vomiting or who has had contact with others who have these symptoms must not visit patients in the hospital to avoid spreading the virus.
The Mayo University Hospital Bereavement Committee for the Women’s and Children’s Divisions have developed four new information booklets for parents bereaved through the death of a baby or the death of a child. They are a new initiative as part of a broader enhancement of bereavement care in Mayo University Hospital. The booklets are hoped to act as a resource to support families who experience the loss of a baby or a child. The booklets are titled:
The Caulfield family from Swinford raised a total of €26,900 for the development of a Bereavement Room in Mayo University Hospital; this fundraising was dedicated to the memory of their daughter Hope Rose. The family presented a cheque to Hospital management and staff from the Women’s and Children’s division of the hospital on Tuesday 13 November.
Mayo University Hospital (MUH) will be hosting its fourth Quality and Patient Safety Symposium on Thursday, 11 October 2018 in St. Mary’s Hall, GMIT, Castlebar. MUH have been working with the Quality Improvement Division in the HSE as one of the pilot sites for the implementation of the ‘Framework for Improving Quality in our Health Services’.
Mayo University Hospital in collaboration with the founder of the Butterfly Scheme, Barbara Hodkinson, officially launched the ‘Butterfly Scheme’ in Mayo University Hospital today, Tuesday, 04 September. The Butterfly Scheme allows people with temporary confusion, memory loss and dementia to make this fact clear to hospital staff and provides staff with practical training to offer a simple, five-point, targeted response to meet their needs.
Please join MUH for the launch of the 10,000 step challenge on Monday 16th April 2018 between 10am and 12noon - Entrance to sensory garden.
MUH 10,000 Step Challenge!
Please join us for the launch of the 10,000 step challenge on Monday 16th April 2018 between 10am and 12noon. Some of you may already have registered your teams with the national programme. Even if you haven’t registered, we still want to include you and your team so do come along.
Healthy Ireland have kindly provided us with a limited number of pedometers and we will offer these once you have registered on the day.
The 3rd Saolta University Health Care Group Staff Recognition Awards took place recently in the Ardilaun Hotel Galway and Mayo University Hospital was presented with the award for:
Education and Training - Surgical Teachers of Mayo Medical Academy - Mr Humair Nasim, Mr Kevin Barry, Mr Ronan Waldron, Mr Iqbal Khan, Mr Waqar Khan, Michael Flood, Asif Khan
The hospital was also shortlisted in the following categories:
Mayo University Hospital Healthy Ireland team recently held a nicotine replacement therapy day for staff. The intention was to help clinical staff with more information about prescribing and encourage more nurse leaders to become even more involved in directing patients towards options to become healthier.
