Letterkenny General Hospital

Irish health service rolls out more digital mammography equipment

Hospital Services Limited (HSL) is now carrying out installations of digital breast tomography and tomo biopsy units for the Health Service Executive’s Symptomatic Breast Service. Several mammography systems are up and running across the country. Initial installations took place at Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal and at St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, where clinical […]

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Patient throughput increases at Letterkenny General Hospital

Staff at Letterkenny General Hospital in Donegal have seen an increase in patient throughput recently.  Pictured are Bracco account manager Noel Lynott, radiology services manager Ray Birrell, CT radiographers Susan McAlinden, Martina McDaid, Judy Patterson and Suzanne Robinson and radiology assistant Goretti Marley. Birrell said: “Since moving from a conventional syringe pump to the syringe-less CT […]

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Letterkenny takes further steps towards recovery

Saolta University Health Care Group clinical director and consultant radiologist Dr Colm O’Donnell, CT superintendent radiographer Ray Birrell, CT and radiology porter Paddy Fox, radiographers Michelle McDaid, Suzanne Robinson, Breege Cunningham and Grania McGinty and Philips Healthcare account manager Morgan Evers. Letterkenny General Hospital, Co Donegal, is making progress towards normal services following significant flood […]

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Letterkenny benefits from specimen radiography system

Consultant histopathologist Dr Hajnalka Gyorffy finds the Faxitron PathVision makes life easier. At Letterkenny General Hospital (LGH), a Faxitron PathVision pathology specimen radiology system, supplied by Daax Limited, is being used to more precisely determine the spread and exact place of tumour in breast cancer resection specimens, especially in cases with in situ ductal carcinomas […]

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Wireless networking speeds up urology service

Letterkenny General Hospital’s deputy radiology services manager Ann McGowan and radiology services manager Eleanor Monaghan with Xograph Healthcare territory manager Michael Leonard. The urology day care facility at Letterkenny General Hospital has taken delivery of a mobile image intensifier from independent diagnostic imaging supplier Xograph Healthcare. Radiology services manager Eleanor Monaghan said: “It will enable […]

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