Patients to shun UHG given choice

MORE THAN half of the patients who completed a nationwide survey said they would not return to University Hospital Galway for treatment if they had any other choice.That rating of 49% who would return puts UHG in the bottom six of the country’s hospitals, according to the latest release from the website, Rate My Hospital.Merlin Park fared marginally better with 61% saying they would return — just under the national average of 63%.But two-thirds of patients treated at Portiuncula (66%) would return there, putting the Ballinasloe hospital into the top 20 of 46 in the country.The overall satisfaction…….