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The ongoing reviews into the provision of care at the Portiuncula University Hospital ordered last month will not be published in full, but instead will be given to the families involved, the HSE Regional Health Forum was told on Tuesday.

Letters were being prepared last evening for around 800 expectant mothers due to give birth at Portiuncula Hospital, to allay any fears they may have about services, in the wake of the news of an external review into the birth of nine babies at the Ballinasloe facility.

Using mobile phones inside the state of the art newly opened 50-bed ward block at Portiuncula Hospital is proving problematic, the HSE regional health forum was told on Tuesday.

Portiuncula University Hospital is inviting parents and their families who have experienced bereavement through the death of a child or who have lost a baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, still birth or after birth, to a remembrance service which will take place in the hospital on Monday, February 12.

Portiuncula University Hospital is inviting parents and their families who have experienced bereavement through the death of a child or who have lost a baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, still birth or after birth, to a remembrance service which will take place in the hospital on Monday, February 12.

Portiuncula Hospital’s Frailty at the Front Door Service was introduced to provide a holistic assessment and intervention to patients over 75 presenting with frailty to the Emergency Department (ED).

Local Sinn Féin Deputy, Claire Kerrane, has responded to data from the HSE which shows that 610 patients left the emergency department at Portiuncula University Hospital in the first five months of the year without being seen, a figure which compares to 422 in 2018.

Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, has called on the Minister for Health to ensure a second 50 bed ward block at Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe is included in Government plans for 1,500 new hospital beds across the country.

Portiuncula University Hospital has launched the ‘Little Journey’ virtual reality app to help children between the ages of 3 and 12, to prepare for surgery and allay their anxiety in advance of their hospital stay.

Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) recently introduced a new Videofluoroscopy Service for patients in the hospital who need an x-ray assessment of their swallow.