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The woman who refuses to be beaten by ME
"Is that a rub or a scrub?" Marie Curran's husband jokingly asks her when she washes the dishes. That simple chore can be a mammoth task for the 43-year-old Waterford woman who was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in 2012.
UHG chapel to be restored to normal size next year
The chapel at University Hospital will be restored to its original size next year after its reduction to accommodate safe waiting areas is no longer needed, the Regional Health Forum was told this week.
Health chief urges us to make “sensible choices’
The choices that people make now could influence the kind of Christmas they have and the level of Covid-19 in the community in the New Year, according to the chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care Group.
Hospitals will not have to activate surge plan, says Saolta chief
The chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs seven public hospitals in the west and north-west of the country, is optimistic that the organisation will not have to activate its surge plan to cope with the growing demand for services due to Covid-19.
Local researchers trialling social distancing app
Researchers at NUI Galway’s Health Innovation via Engineering (HIVE) Lab, led by Professor Derek O’Keeffe, have developed a new smartphone app to help with social distancing. As recommended by the World Health Organisation, one of the basic principles in minimising the spread of this infectious disease is social distancing. It is currently suggested that people should have a space of at least 2 metres around them to reduce the chance of respiratory spread of the disease from person to person.
Galway Rose and Rose of Tralee touched by moving trip
None of them were even born when the accident took place in Chernobyl 32 years ago this April.
Off to Tralee — Castlegar nurse named as 2017 Galway Rose
There were celebratory scenes in the Clayton Hotel at the weekend when Castlegar nurse Niamh Elwood was crowned the 2017 Galway Rose — and will go on to represent the city and county in the next round in Tralee in August.