Committee meeting hears plans to develop services at Merlin Park Hospital
Galway Bay fm newsroom - There are plans to further develop outpatient services at Merlin Park Hospital which will involve the transfer of some services from UHG.
Ann Cosgrove, General Manager of the Galway University Hospital group outlined the medium and longterm plans for the Dublin road facility as she addressed a committee meeting of the Regional Health Forum this week.
As a level two hospital, Merlin Park specialises in low complexity work which includes diagnostics, outpatient services, rehabiliation services, elderly care and elective medicine and surgery.
The committee meeting heard that there are plans to develop outpatient services further by transfering some of these from UHG.
Management is also looking to develop a rehabilitation unit as well as a metabolic medicine and surgery institute.
This would focus on the treatment of conditions caused by being overweight.
The meeting also heard of proposals to develop an elective endoscopy service and to relocate cardiac rehabiliation services from UHG.
The campus will also be used to further develop community services such as an enhanced podiatry service and a mental health intensive care rehabilitation unit.