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University Hospital Galway (UHG) is urging the public to consider all care options as it deals with very high attendances. The Emergency Department in UHG was extremely busy with 583 people attending over the bank holiday weekend (184 Saturday, 166 Sunday and 233 Monday) and high numbers tracking again on Tuesday morning when there were 53 people on trolleys.

University Hospital Galway is urging people to consider all care options as it deals with very high attendances at its Emergency Department today. The announcement follows a very busy Bank Holiday weekend at the ED.

HSE West and North West is asking people to protect themselves and those most vulnerable this week as flu cases continue to rise in the community.

"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.

The HSE is seeing an increase in people with respiratory illnesses attending emergency departments - 538 people with flu and 282 with COVID attended its EDs this week, an increase from 312 (flu) and 144 (COVID) the previous week. While our system is responding well, this increasing pressure requires all to play their part in using the right options for care.

A figure of 212 different medicines needed by Irish patients are currently out of stock, an increase of 25 on last month as the country’s medicine supply chain and pricing challenges continue to impact healthcare on a daily basis, analysis published today has found.

Our immune health needs to be maintained year round, but this is even more important in the winter months as various illnesses travel around.

Our immune health needs to be maintained year round, but this is even more important in the winter months as various illnesses travel around. Many of the supplements we take are applicable for all ages (such as vitamin C and microbacteria, both of which are reliable immune health supplements), albeit in differing strengths; however there are some nutrients and tips which are more beneficial for certain ages than others.

The HSE is urging the public to help prevent the spread of flu and norovirus (the contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhoea) by avoiding hospitals and GP surgeries so as not to infect others who may be already unwell.

Winter is here – bringing with it stuffy colds, coughs, chest infections, sore throats, and energy draining flus. The good news is that by treating yourself to acupuncture treatments and healthy doses of Chinese herbal medicines you can prevent or eliminate these annoying symptoms and maintain a fit, active, lifestyle.