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UHG patient discharges delayed over medical ‘charge’

PUBLIC patients in University Hospital Galway are being denied discharge unless they pay for equipment to continue their recuperation at home.

That is the claim of a Tuam woman who was kept in hospital for five days following a procedure last week, despite the fact she could return home with the aid of a medical pump to continue her post-operative care.
The 23-year-old was admitted as a public patient last Wednesday for surgery and was due to be discharged 24 hours later.
However, she was presented with an invoice for €1,831 to pay for a medical pump needed to drain her surgical wound.

Read the full story in this week's edition of The Tuam Herald