THE GALWAY CLINIC
LOCATION:
The Galway Clinic is situated on the outskirts of Galway City on the Martin Roundabout in Doughiska and it opened to provide health care services on June 29, 2004. It was the first independently funded hospital to be opened in Ireland in twenty years and it attracted much media coverage and attention and visitors. Our vision is Excellence in Patient Care and our mission statement is to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities it serves.
THE CLINIC:
The clinic is a community hospital and provides twenty four hour health care services for the people of the West and Midlands of Ireland. Though the ethos of the Clinic is Roman Catholic we welcome patients of all faiths and cultures. There are in excess of 130 Consultant Physicians and Surgeons who have admitting and operating privileges and some have Consultant Suites within the Clinic. The NTPF office assists in reducing the waiting time for patients in the Public System, by providing an efficient, effective and satisfying service to those patients referred to us at the Galway Clinic. The process includes dealing with patient referrals from public hospitals to the Galway Clinic. Referring hospitals include University College Hospital Galway (UCHG), Mayo General, Sligo General, Letterkenny, Tullamore, Beaumont Hospital, Cappagh Hospital and the Mater Misericordiae Hospital.
The Clinic which is financially viable operates at approximately 70% occupancy rate with an average length of stay of 3.6 days. It has 101 in-patient beds; eight of which are ICU beds and the remaining 93 are on three in-patient units (Mother Teresa Unit, O’Malley Unit and Freyer Unit). There is a Same Day Surgery unit and Emergency Room. There are seven operating suites, an endoscopy suite, a cath lab and an oncology day unit. Diagnostic modalities include CT, PET/CT, and MRI among others.
THE PEOPLE:
The Clinic is governed by the Board of Directors and an Executive Team. The Execuitve Team comprises of the Medical Co-Ordinator, Matron (Director of Nursing / VP Patient Services), Chief Financial Officer , General Manager, Human Resources Manager and Business Development Manager, all of who manage the day to day activities of the organisation. There are 390 full time equivalent employees, most of whom now live locally having returned from national and overseas positions.
THE SERVICES:
The Clinic provides general medical, surgical and specialty services to address the main causes of premature mortality in Ireland – cancer and cardiac disease. They include Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cancer Care – Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy. Also provided, among others are eye surgery, general surgery and surgery for high volume community diagnoses such as Orthopaedics, Government funded care is also provided via the National Treatment Purchase Fund so that patients from waiting lists from the public hospitals are assessed and treated. The Clinic also provides a seven day service Accident & Emergency Room operating daily from 10am-7pm.