Gordon Brown recently told the English press that a major spring clean was needed in UK hospital wards to combat hospital acquired infections, particularly MRSA. The words he actually used were “deep clean”, which prompted a dignified comeback from doctors writing in The Lancet, who pointed out that cleaning hospital wards is not proven to [...]
I was looking around at other medical blogs yesterday and found some good ones, mostly written by doctors trying to blow off steam while remaining anonymous. (A popular cloud of steam seems to be complaining how pharmaceutical companies are pressuring them to prescribe certain drugs). Here are links to some of the better ones: www.docnotes.net [...]
How often have we seen the evils of alcohol condemned in the general and medical media? Do-gooders calling for all sorts of controls and regulations on the demon drink, bordering just this side of prohibition. Well I am here to share a good news story, where a bottle of vodka saves a man from poisoning [...]
Unless you really do spend all your time on the golf course, as a doctor you ought to have heard Bertie Ahern’s recent comment to the Sunday Tribune: “I really get tired of listening to these people who can earn up to 500,000 a year, or twice as much as I get, constantly giving out [...]
Cleaning hospitals in order to eliminate MRSA and other infections is not backed up by evidence, according to specialists writing in The Lancet. In an editorial that stemmed from plans in the UK to carry out “deep cleans” in hospitals, similar to the HSE National Hygiene Audits, The Lancet states hospitals should concentrate on disinfecting [...]
A leading oncologist and former Chair of the National Cancer Forum has said doctors should not be worried about the loss of cancer services from hospitals, due to happen on a phased basis under the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) new strategy for cancer control. Prof Paul Redmond, from Cork University Hospital, told IMT that the [...]
How many times have you rummaged around in your cupboards and found tins of food or bottles of condiments that went of date at the same time as mullet hairstyles or shoulder pads on dresses? Well while I don’t exactly await the next edition of the Health Service Executive’s newsletter National Immunisation News with bated [...]
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