Health Service
Location: The Student Support Nurse is located in the Student Centre
Tel: 071 91 55463 / 071 – 91 55205 Mobile: 087 – 9961873 (Emergencies Only)Email: studenthealthservices@itsligo.ie
Student Health Doctors
Dr. Damien Tiernan
Dr. Philip Murray
Dr. Catherine Barrett
Dr. Keith Russell
Hours of Attendance:
9:00am – 3:00pm on a ‘first come first served’ basis.
Service:
The Student Health Service is available to all full time registered students and apprentices during office hours throughout the academic year. The Student Health Service aims to provide a student friendly service with a particular attention to preventative medicine, health promotion, and healthy lifestyles. The service should not replace your own GP as your primary care giver. It is intended to provide you with acute medical care during the week when it is not possible to attend your own GP.
Student Health Service medical records are completely confidential and maintained in the health centre. Consent must be obtained from the student prior to disclosing records to any third party.
Medical Emergencies on campus during office hours:
Please call 087 – 9961873 for an emergency appointment with the nurse
Fee:
The nursing service is available without charge to all students holding a valid registration card. Services of the doctor are provided free of charge to all students who have a medical card.
GP Service:
Doctors hold clinics on site for a number of hours each day. Appointments with the doctors are only given after review with the Nurse who will make an appointment for you.
Out of hour’s medical care:
The Student Health Service is not intended to replace your own GP; therefore we recommend that all students register with a General Practitioner in Sligo to provide emergency medical care for out of office and weekend hours.
Sick certification:
The student health service has stringent guidelines on the issuing of sick certs. Certification will only be issued by the Student Health Doctor if absence from college is medically recommended. Sick certs are never given retrospectively. If you cannot attend an exam for medical reasons then you must be seen on the day of the exam. We will try and sort out the medical problem for you but if it does result in your absence from an exam we can write a note to explain this to your department. Certs will not be issued to any student reporting ill-health after an exam or practical is over.
Immunisations and vaccinations:
In the interest of the Health and Safety of all who work and study in the Institute we recommend that students have had all their vaccinations/immunisations before registration. These vaccinations include Diphtheria, Tetanus, Whooping cough Pertusus, Hib, Polio, Meningitis C, MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella). Please check your family records and consult your GP for information and advice. Students who are undertaking specific science and social studies courses where there may be a risk of contracting Hepatitis A or Hepatitis B are advised to refer to the Institute prospectus and contact their GP for vaccination recommendations.
Health Promotion
We are keen to actively introduce students to healthy choices in lifestyle and diet. We may take the opportunity to discuss Healthy lifestyle issues at consultation and encourage students to use the service to gather information and advice to promote same. Information relevant to student health is displayed in the waiting area and students are encouraged to take these leaflets home with them. Throughout the academic year we operate many health promotion campaigns to promote student health issues including our annual health fair, Healthy Heart day, sexual health screening clinics, asthma and psoriasis clinics. All these services are free of charges and all are encouraged to attend.