Galway Bay fm newsroom - Outpatient appointments are to resume on a phased basis at Portiuncula Hospital this week, with patients to be contacted directly.
The phased resumption of outpatient appointments and day case procedures at the Ballinasloe facility comes as the HSE enters the third week of recovery following the ransomware attack on its IT systems.
The ransomware attack on the HSE IT systems continues to have a considerable impact on hospital services at Portiuncula University Hospital.
Diagnostics including x-ray, CT scans, MRI appointments are cancelled.
Elective inpatient procedures are cancelled.
As systems are gradually brought back online, outpatient appointments are to resume on a phased basis at the Ballinasloe facility with patients to be contacted directly.
Maternity services are going ahead including antenatal scanning.
Chemotherapy is also going ahead.
James Keane, General Manager at Portiuncula University Hospital says work continued over the weekend to get priority systems back up and running including radiology, laboratory and patient information systems.
