Bon Secours Hospital, Galway
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The Bon Secours Hospital, Galway is a private hospital in County Galway
County Galway
County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. Owned by the Roman Catholic Bon Secours Sisters
Bon Secours Sisters
Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours is a Roman Catholic religious congregation for nursing , whose object is to care for patients from all socio-economic groups...

, it offers healthcare to privately insured patients. It forms part of the Bon Secours Health System
Bon Secours Health System
The Bon Secours Health System is a the largest private hospital network in the Republic of Ireland. It is owned by the Roman Catholic Bon Secours Sisters and consists of:* Bon Secours Hospital, Cork* Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin* Bon Secours Hospital, Galway...

, the largest private healthcare network in Ireland, which includes hospitals in Cork
Bon Secours Hospital, Cork
The Bon Secours Hospital, Cork is a private hospital in County Cork, Ireland. Owned by the Roman Catholic Bon Secours Sisters, it offers healthcare to privately insured patients. It forms part of the Bon Secours Health System, the largest private healthcare network in Ireland, which includes...

, Dublin
Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin
The Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin is a private hospital in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. Owned by the Roman Catholic Bon Secours Sisters, it offers healthcare to privately insured patients. It forms part of the Bon Secours Health System, the largest private healthcare network in Ireland, which...

, and Tralee
Bon Secours Hospital, Tralee
The Bon Secours Hospital, Tralee is a private hospital in County Kerry, Ireland. Owned by the Roman Catholic Bon Secours Sisters, it offers healthcare to privately insured patients. It forms part of the Bon Secours Health System, the largest private healthcare network in Ireland, which includes...

. The hospital sees over 15,000 admissions and 10,000 day cases per year.

Services

The hospital has 90 beds, including 22 day case beds, and provides 4 operating theatre
Operating theatre
An operating theater was a non-sterile, tiered theater or amphitheater in which students and other spectators could watch surgeons perform surgery...

s. Services provided include cardiology
Cardiology
Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...

, clinical neurophysiology
Neurophysiology
Neurophysiology is a part of physiology. Neurophysiology is the study of nervous system function...

, histopathology
Histopathology
Histopathology refers to the microscopic examination of tissue in order to study the manifestations of disease...

, physiotherapy, respiratory medicine
Respiratory Medicine
The Respiratory Medicine journal is published by Elsevier Science. Its subjects are internal medicine and practice of medicine.Its ISSN is 0954-6111. Its impact factor in 2004 was 2,086....

, endoscopy
Endoscopy
Endoscopy means looking inside and typically refers to looking inside the body for medical reasons using an endoscope , an instrument used to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body. Unlike most other medical imaging devices, endoscopes are inserted directly into the organ...

, pharmacy
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...

, occupational therapy
Occupational therapy
Occupational therapy is a discipline that aims to promote health by enabling people to perform meaningful and purposeful activities. Occupational therapists work with individuals who suffer from a mentally, physically, developmentally, and/or emotionally disabling condition by utilizing treatments...

, and radiology
Radiology
Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases...

.

See also

  • Bon Secours Hospital, Cork
    Bon Secours Hospital, Cork
    The Bon Secours Hospital, Cork is a private hospital in County Cork, Ireland. Owned by the Roman Catholic Bon Secours Sisters, it offers healthcare to privately insured patients. It forms part of the Bon Secours Health System, the largest private healthcare network in Ireland, which includes...

  • Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin
    Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin
    The Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin is a private hospital in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. Owned by the Roman Catholic Bon Secours Sisters, it offers healthcare to privately insured patients. It forms part of the Bon Secours Health System, the largest private healthcare network in Ireland, which...

  • Bon Secours Hospital, Tralee
    Bon Secours Hospital, Tralee
    The Bon Secours Hospital, Tralee is a private hospital in County Kerry, Ireland. Owned by the Roman Catholic Bon Secours Sisters, it offers healthcare to privately insured patients. It forms part of the Bon Secours Health System, the largest private healthcare network in Ireland, which includes...

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