Hospital pharmacy ‘closed at weekends’

A range of medical specialties are not available in the hospital which was strongly criticised over the death of Savita Halappanavar.

Even a simple pharmaceutical product like Bonjela is not available at University Hospital Galway at weekends as the pharmacy is not open, it emerged yesterday.

A grieving widower told his wife’s inquest of having to leave the hospital and buy Bonjela to treat his wife’s severely painful mouth.