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Patients at Sligo hospitals benefit from new developments
“These new developments are very welcome additions to the hospital,” according to Grainne McCann, Manager, HSE Sligo University Hospital (SUH), speaking as the Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill performed two official openings and turned a sod on new 42 bed ward block during a recent visit.
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First brick laid for new Carrick on Shannon Community Hospital
“This new Community Hospital represents a major enhancement in patient care in our region and will ensure that older people in our communities can receive specialist, person-centred care closer to their home,” according to John Fitzmaurice, HSE IHA Manager for Sligo Leitrim, speaking as the first brick of the new 90 bedded Community Hospital in Carrick on Shannon, Co Leitrim was recently laid by Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill.
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Tallaght University Hospital study to benefit patients
A new study at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) has discovered an innovative solution which helps patients complete a particular type of diagnostic procedure - capsule endoscopy. Considered the gold standard, capsule endoscopy is a procedure used to examine the small intestine.
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Midlands Limb Clinic initiative improving patient care
“I am delighted to support this valuable initiative which has proven to reduce the reoccurrence of leg ulcers and further reduce the need for hospital based services,” according to Mr Madhavan, Vascular Surgeon based in the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore and St James’s Hospital, Dublin, speaking about a new Vascular Outreach Integrated Care Clinic.
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New Tullamore Hospital preoperative guidance enhances patient comfort
Summary Sip Til Send, a new approach to preoperative drinking for patients in the Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore, (MRHT), has enhanced patient comfort, according to Allison Burke, Trauma Coordinator, MRHT. “The new guidance aims to make patients more comfortable before their procedures, but also provides benefits afterwards too. We know from patient feedback that having to go for prolonged periods of time without being able to drink is uncomfortable and causes dehydration.”
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Integrated Hip and Knee Pathway Reduces Need for Surgery
Summary “We’re seeing excellent outcomes and a huge improvement in the quality of life of our patients who have participated in this programme,” according to Mr Alan Walsh Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, speaking about the HSE National Osteoarthritis (OA) Hip and Knee Pathway which has had a life-changing impact on patients, improving their mobility and quality of life. Piloted in Navan and Waterford, the Hip and Knee Pathway has already served over 1,700 people suffering with osteoarthritis.