Louth Meath Hospital Group Radiology
The Louth Meath Hospital Group consists of the following hospitals, Our Lady of Lourdes Drogheda, Louth County Hospital Dundalk and Our Lady's Hospital Navan. Radiology services are available on all three sites.
Mission Statement
The aim of Radiology in the Louth Meath Hospital Group is to provide a radiological service that is timely, cost effective, and appropriate and of the highest quality making the best use of the resources allocated. This includes a process of continuous quality improvement.
This combines a high standard of technical care with an equally high quality of personal care in the best possible environment.
- We strive to offer a caring and efficient service to patients and their referring doctors while recognising the rapidly changing priorities arising in acute hospital care.
- We recognise our legal and moral obligation to limit radiation exposures to the minimum necessary to achieve a diagnosis.
- Building a work environment where each person is valued respected and has an opportunity for personnel and professional growth.
- We respect the rights and dignity of both patients and staff.
- We welcome all suggestions to improve the quality of service we offer.
Radiology Services Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan
Location
Radiology Department is located on the ground floor, follow signs from the main front hall.
Opening Hours
9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Contact Numbers
Radiology Appointments and General Queries - 046 907 8586
Ultrasound Appointments - 046 907 8738
MRI Appointments - 046 907 8870 (provided by Alliance Medical and is separate to the Radiology Department)
Radiography Services Manager - 046 907 8565
Services provided
General X-Ray, DEXA, Dental, Ultrasound, Vascular Utrasound, CT and Interventional Radiology.
GP Referrals
All referrals are vetted by radiographers/radiologists and appointments scheduled in accordance with clinical need.
Ultrasound
Referrals to be sent from GP via healthlink, patients will be contacted with an appointment.
General x-rays
Referrals to be sent from GP via healthlink, patients will be contacted with an appointment.
There is no walk in service for x-ray
Please do not come to the hospital unless you have been contacted by the Radiology Department with an appointment.
Please ensure that if you are unable to attend for your x-ray appointment that you contact the radiology department as soon as possible so that we can give this appointment to another patient.
Results
All results are sent to the referring doctor/Consultant/GP.
Please contact the Radiology Department if you have any queries or concerns.
Radiation Dose Information
There are no prescribed limits on radiation doses to patients. This means that no amount of radiation is considered too much for a patient when the procedure is justified by the doctor. The doctor will consider the benefits versus the risks. Several international organizations have established guidelines and recommendation based on scientific data. Every effort should be made to reduce that patient’s exposure to radiation. A principle known as ALARA - As Low as Reasonably Achievable - guides practices. An examination that serves no medical purpose is inappropriate, no matter how small the dose.
Further information relating to this exposure can be found at the following page: Radiation doses received during medical procedures.
