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New mobile x-ray service for Kilkenny in effort to reduce Emergency Department visits
The HSE have expanded their free, national community based X-ray service to Kilkenny.
Older patients in nursing homes, community facilities and in patients’ homes can avail of this service instead of having to go to the hospital.
This mobile X-ray service provides, all types of X-ray examinations including chest, hip/pelvis, knee, wrist and shoulder.
If an older patient has a fall, or requires a chest X-ray, the diagnostic team will arrive on-site.
An X-ray examination will take place in their own room and a report is shared with the referring doctor within four hours.
The service is currently running in Dublin, Wicklow, Meath, Kildare, Louth, Cork, Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary.
It has now been offered in South Tipperary, Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford from this month.
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