Labour spokesperson on Disability and Equality issues, Kathleen Lynch, has apologised for writing a letter on behalf of a man on trial for raping and sexually assaulting two teenage girls. In the letter, Deputy Lynch testified that the attacker, Trevor Casey, had parents with good character. (Here’s the latest update.) Deputy Lynch has now admitted [...]
The Comptroller and Aud-itor General, Mr John Purcell has asked his staff to look into the sale of lands owned by psychiatric hospitals. The move comes after the Irish Psychiatric Association sent him a copy of its recently published report, The Lie of the Land, and offered to assist him if he felt the organisation’s [...]
Attempts to get a new €1m CT scanner operational in Nenagh Hospital have met with a ‘stone wall’ approach by the hospital because of the HSE’s national recruitment freeze. The scanner has not been used since it was installed in June, 2007. “What the HSE are saying locally is that their hands have been tied [...]
Abdominal fat tissue produces a hormone that ultimately creates more fat cells, Canadian researchers have discovered. The bad news: your fat belly (if you have one) is making you fatter. The good news, if the discovery proves true, is that targeted therapy to turn off the hormone could help people lose weight. Observation 1: I [...]
Advice for junior doctors from a junior doctor: you may never know if you’ve made the right decision, and your conscience can never be taught to you.
Fears of a major capacity crisis in the northeast are on the rise as consultants in Monaghan General Hospital have appealed to colleagues in Cavan for support, and every GP in Co Monaghan has signed a letter sent to the HSE highlighting the risks to patient safety once acute services close in Monaghan. Three consultant [...]
The HSE has condemned itself in an investigation of the death of a 34-year-old woman who gave birth to twins in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. A report based on the HSE investigation found that maternity, paediatric and anaesthetic services there were significantly under-resourced, that the staff had done its best under the conditions, [...]
A row over a sewer has delayed the building of a new mental health unit at Letterkenny General Hospital. The Health Service Executive North West applied to Letterkenny Town Council last August for permission to build the single storey unit to replace the existing psychiatric building. The Council granted permission in mid-October last year with [...]
Beaumont Hospital is to buy an unspecified number of ultrasound machines. The hospital recently invited companies to tender for a contract to provide it with four machines. A spokesperson for the hospital said that while Beaumont will purchase four large machines it is also due to buy portable ones, although he said it has not [...]
A common-sense idea to reduce drink driving was made at the Irish Medical Organisation’s AGM recently, but it got no media attention: seize the cars of drunk drivers. While it may not end the hundreds of needless deaths on the Republic’s roads each year, it may dramatically reduce the carnage. Even though Irish Medical Times [...]
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