University Hospital Galway
Description
University Hospital Galway is the main acute hospital in Galway, Ireland.It is a tertiary referral centre for a range of specialities including Oncology, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology. Together with Merlin Park University Hospital the hospitals comprise the Galway University Hospitals group. These are the main Heath Service hospitals in Western Ireland. Galway University Hospitals are associated with Roscommon Hospital under the same management structure. Most acute medical services for the city and region are provided at University Hospital Galway. However other services such as non-acute Rehabilitation, Renal Medicine, Rheumatology and Elective Orthopaedics are provided at the Merlin Park University Hospital site. The Hospital is a designated Cancer Centre under the HSE's cancer control strategy, however certain supraregional services such as Neurosurgery are not available within the GUH group.UHG lies west of Galway city centre, beside the National University of Ireland, Galway.