About Us
Galway University Hospitals (GUH), comprising of University Hospital Galway (UHG) and Merlin Park University Hospital (MPUH), provide a comprehensive range of services to emergency and elective patients on an inpatient, outpatient and day care basis across the two sites. UHG and MPUH together employ approximately 3,000 whole time equivalent staff.
GUH plays a leadership role in acute service delivery, providing regional services for a wide range of specialities (listed below), to support the policy of regional self-sufficiency. GUH is a Supra Regional Centre for Cancer and Cardiac Services and is working towards developing a Level One Trauma Centre. There are also clinical arrangements with hospitals outside the region in providing a number of tertiary services.
Galway University Hospitals, as a designated supra regional centre, serves a catchment area in the region of one million people from Donegal to Tipperary North. HSE - West accounts for almost one quarter of the Irish population and Galway accounts for a quarter of this. The recent designation of University Hospital Galway as one of the eight national Cancer Centres, together with the roll-out of Breast Check and Radiotherapy will ensure the continued development of University Hospital Galway as a major emergency, complex treatment and tertiary referral centre.
It will continue to provide core specialist services including acute paediatric, obstetrical/gynaecological and psychiatric service at UHG.
Galway University Hospitals also has strong links with the National University of Ireland, Galway, (NUIG) for the training of medical, nursing and other health professionals and is the site for extensive academic training and research.
GUH Services
| University Hospital Galway | Merlin Park University Hospital |
Acute & Chronic Pain Management
Acute Psychiatry
Anaesthesia
Biochemistry Cardiology
Cardiothoracic Surgery Care of the Elderly
Clinical Pharmacology
Decompression Chamber
Dermatology
Emergency Medical Admissions
Emergency Surgical Admissions
Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus
ENT (Ear Nose & Throat)
Fertility
Gastroenterology
Gastro-Intestinal (GI) Surgery General Surgery
Haematology
Hepatology
Histopathology
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Neonatology
Neurology
Obstetric & Gynaecology
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Oral Maxillofacial
Orthodontics
Paediatrics
Palliative care
Plastic Surgery
Radiology
Radiotherapy
Respiratory Medicine
Symptomatic Breast Care Trauma Orthopaedic Surgery Urology
Vascular Surgery
| Anaesthesia Care of the Elderly Elective Orthopaedic Surgery Emergency Medical Admissions Haemodialysis
Nephrology
Orthodontics Radiology Respiratory Medicine
Rheumatology
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Activity 2009
| Activity | University Hospital Galway | Merlin Park University Hospital |
| INPATIENTS | 34,035 | 5,132 |
| DAY CASES | 56,787 | 4,753 |
| NEW OPD | 49,747 | 8,816 |
| REV OPD | 91,347 | 28,504 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT | 62,154 | 0 |
| DIALYSIS | 0 | 12,737 |
| EMERGENCY PRESENTATIONS | 2,868 | 0 |
| BEDS | 665 (EX 43 PSY) | 210 (EX 79 LONG STAY GERS) |
| BED BREAKDOWN | 546 IN PATIENT | 182 IN PATIENT |
| | 119 DAY WARD | 28 DAY WARD |
| | 43 PSYCHIATRIC | 79 LONG STAY GERIATRIC |
University Hospital Galway
is situated close to Galway city centre on Newcastle Road (N59). http://www.multimap.com/s/iChTi0Qb
Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway
is situated on the east side of the city on the Dublin Road (N6) approximately 4 miles from the city centre. http://www.multimap.com/s/i2lbpyZF