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GALWAY PATIENTS MAY HAVE TO TRAVEL TO ROSCOMMON HOSPITAL
Date Published: 15-Aug-2011
Galway patients may soon be sent to Roscommon General hospital for tests under new plans by the HSE.
The HSE West Regional Director John Hennessy told unions at a meeting in Merlin Park hospital today that they were planning to use Roscommon Hospital as a diagnostic centre for the region.
It means patient waiting lists could be shortened for day-care surgeries and diagnostic testing, but patients from the city and county may have to travel to Roscommon for the procedures.
John Hennessy also told unions SIPTU, INMO and Impact that the HSE West region is 45 million euro in deficit.
Impact Assistant General Secretary Páraic Mulligan told Galway Bay FM News after the meeting that the move will ease the pressure on the A & E unit at UHG.
Noreen Muldoon of the INMO in Galway says the new diagnostic centre in Roscommon will help reduce waiting lists for patients here.
Meanwhile there’s conflicting views on whether or not a Labour court agreement on student nurses will be replaced by qualified nurses in September.
The INMO are claiming one and a half wards at UHG will have to close if the student nurses are not replaced.
Speaking after the meeting, HSE West Regional Director John Hennessy said the HSE would do their best to implement in full the Labour Court’s recommendations.
However the INMO’s Galway representative Noreen Muldoon said her understanding from today’s meeting was that each hospital in Galway would make their own decision on student nurses.
She says that’s completely unacceptable for a national agreement.
Date Published: 07-May-2013
Tuam has secured it’s second import of hay from the UK this afternoon in a bid to address the ongoing fodder crisis in the west.
A load of between 40 and 50 bales arrived at the Connacht Gold store in Airglooney for distribution throughout the county.
It follows a similar load last Thursday to the Tuam outlet.
The co-op also took a load of imported hay to the mart in Maam Cross over the weekend, however most of the bales had already been pre-assigned to farmers.
Further loads of hay are expected to arrive across the west and north west tonight and tomorrow morning.
Date Published: 09-May-2013
281 offers of social housing were made by the city and county councils last year.
Figures provided by the local authorities show that 46 of these were refused.
Galway city council made 193 such offers in 2012 with 41 of these refused.
The majority didn’t like the area they were offered or disliked the property itself.
Galway county council made 88 offers of social housing last year with 83 of these accepted.
Reasons given for refusing five properties focused on the location or that the property itself did not meet their needs.
Date Published: 13-May-2013
Galway Senator Trevor O’ Clochartaigh has called on the government to provide more support for victims of domestic violence.
Figures provided to the Sinn Fein Senator show that domestic violence support group COPE accompanied over 80 women to court in Galway last year, but a further 214 women were unable to avail of such assistance.
Senator O Clochartaigh told Galway Bay fm news that more needs to be done to support victims of domestic violence.
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