Mayo General Hospital

Mayo General Hospital is situated in Castlebar, County Mayo in Ireland, and serves the needs of the inhabitants of the county. The emergency department (A&E) has an attendance of 27,000 patients per year. Other services include general surgery, medicine, paediatrics, orthopaedics, and obstetrics and gynaecology. There are over 300 in-patient beds. The following services are also provided: oncology, Limb Fitting, palliative care, Age-related medicine, Day Surgery, endoscopy and radiology including computerised tomography.

The porters in Mayo General recently topped the "Ireland's Best Porters 2007" poll in "Portering Weekly" magazine.They are going to represent Ireland in the World Portering Supercup in Cape Town in September.