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Orthopaedic waiting lists surge as nurses retire
CONSULTANTS AT a Galway hospital have warned the Minister for Health that the retirement of 30 per cent of nurses from the hospital’s orthopaedic department will mean half the beds will have to close...
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Merge hospitals into new administrative groups
The HSE has been ordered to merge hospitals into new administrative groups with a single budget and a staff ceiling as part of plans to cut costs, high-level administration, and patient waiting times....
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Two Galway hospitals fined over waiting lists
University College Hospital Galway and the city’s Merlin Park Hospital are the first to face fines for failing to meet Government targets on reduced waiting times under a policy put in place by the...
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Transfer of Merlin Park by stealth
[Letter to Times >] Imagine therefore, my disgust during my recent stay in Merlin Park to find that what the HSE had failed to do then, it is doing by stealth now, with procedures being run down and...
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Galway hospitals waiting list at 40,517
THE NON-ATTENDANCE of about 35,000 outpatients for appointments in two Galway public hospitals last year has contributed to the largest waiting list in the country. There are 40,517 outpatients waiting...
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