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First prostate operation under regional anaesthesia takes place at UHG
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The first prostate operation without spinal or general anaesthetic has taken place at Galway university Hospital.
It will make the treatment easier on the patients by improving recovery time.
The procedure to treate prostate enlargement using a regional anaesthetic as opposed to spinal or general anaesthetic was recently performed at GUH.
It involves selective targeting of the nerves that innervate this particular part of the body which means the patient doesn’t feel any pain during treatment.
Consultant Urological surgeon, Mr Syed Jaffry introduced a laser technique for treating prostate enlargement as a day case procedure at the hospital in 2011.
However, now using the regional anaesthesia or nerve blockade means the patient is able to walk to and from the operating theatre and has a much improved recovery time.
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Farrell says eviction ban lift will be “judged harshest” of Government’s bad housing policies
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway West TD Mairead Farrell claims the lifting of the eviction ban will be judged the harshest of all the Government’s bad housing policies.
She told the Dáil it stands head and shoulders above all the terrible housing decisions this and the previous Government have made over the past decade.
She told Housing Minister Daragh O’ Brien that the real sticking point is that this decision was made in the full knowledge of the chaos it will cause.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The number of homeless people in emergency accommodation has increased by almost 24 per cent in a year.
There are now almost 11,800 people homeless, including 258 people in County Galway.
According to the latest figures from the Department of Housing 11,742 people, including 3,373 children, now find themselves homeless.
It’s an increase of almost 24 per cent on the same month for last year.
The data, for the week of February 20th-26th, show there were 8,369 adults in emergency accommodation, an increase of 23 per cent on the figure for February last year.
In Dublin, there are 8,588 people, including 2,576 children, living in homelessness.
Meanwhile this month’s figures, when compared to January, remain relatively unchanged.
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