Radiology Department: Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe

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Services Provided

The current modalities include:

  • All general and emergency radiography. Both general rooms soon to be replaced with new direct digital units. Computed radiography already installed.
  • Screening: Barium studies, IVU, retrograde pyelography, sialograms, micturating cystograms, hysterosalpingography and venography.
  • Ultrasound: including routine abdominal and pelvic, small parts, arterial and venous Doppler, hip, a full range of ultrasound guided biopsy and drainage procedures including prostate biopsies.
  • CT scanning: Full range of diagnostic and Oncological CT, CT angiography, Cardiac CT, CT virtual colonoscopy, CT perfusion for acute stroke imaging, CT guided biopsy and drainage procedures and CT myelography. All CT now reported electronically.
  • MRI: a full range of musculoskeletal, spinal, neurological, body MRI, MR angiography including arthrography.
  • Interventional Radiology:  a full range of biopsies and drainage procedures, Portacaths, IVC filters, PEG tubes, biliary and urological intervention and stenting, fallopian tube recanalization.
  • DEXA

 

Access to Services:

  • In patient and outpatient and day care patients at Portiuncula Hospital.
  • Psychiatric patients located at St. Bridget’s Hospital.
  • General Practitioners in the HSE West
  • Consultant private rooms.

 

Medical staff must initiate all X-Ray requests. Requests for CT, Utrasound, MRI, must be screened by the Radiologist.

The Department operates from  9.00am –5.30pm. Monday to Friday.

From Monday to Thursday ( 5.30pm-9am) and from  5.30pm  Friday to 9am. Monday the Department operates “on call” service providing cover for emergency and in patients only.

 

Description:

The present department was opened in July 1987 and comprises of: 

  • General Accident and Emergency room
  • General/ I.V.P.room.
  • General /Barium and specials and O.P.G room.
  • C.T. room.
  • U.S. room.
  • Dexa bone densitometer.
  • Mobile MRI service (2 days a week).

 

For further information please contact:

Radiology Department,

Portiuncula Hospital,

Ballinasloe.

Co. Galway

Phone: 090 9628220 / 090 9648344

Fax:    090 9645164.