Six hospitals received a formal risk letter from the Health Information and Quality Authority this year, drawing attention to specific and significant risks identified by HIQA assessors on unannounced visits. Examples of risks included not eliminating clinical waste from public areas, washing machines not eliminating linen contaminants and water systems carrying infections. HIQA today launched [...]
Don’t believe a word. The hair of the dog does NOT work as a hangover cure. Nor do aspirin, bananas, or Vegemite, or water, or an old-fashioned fried breakfast. The horrible truth: there is no cure for a hangover.
A woman died after consuming four litres of water in under two hours as part of diet. The diet involves dieters consuming just 500 calories a day for 12 weeks by replacing meals with shakes, soups, bars, and drinking water. Death was caused by cerebral oedema, or swelling of the brain. The police have ruled [...]
A Cork group has recently been awarded new EU funding to undertake an e-learning project, Ortho-on-Line. The partners (from Ireland, Greece, and Bulgaria) will develop a web-based platform to support training in the care of patients undergoing Orthopaedic surgery. Doctors will be able to log on to the system simultaneously with their colleagues in other [...]
An increase in heavy toilet seats are causing “an increase in penis crush injuries,” according to the BBC.
Does the following conversation sound familiar? “Why is it that you both seem so upset?” “You haven’t found out what is wrong with him,” says the brother. “What is it that you believe is wrong with him?” I asked. “I don’t know … you’re the doctor.” “Exactly. Both of you already told me that he’s [...]
Births increased by five per cent to almost 8,500 at the Coombe Hospital from 2006 to 2007 – which the hospital reported as its busiest year on record. In the introduction to the 2007 Annual Clinical Report, the Master of the Coombe, Dr Chris Fitzpatrick, stated that there is an urgent need to rebuild and [...]
More children were admitted to adult psychiatric units in the first ten months of this year than were admitted in the full 12 months of 2007, according to the latest data from the Mental Health Commission (MHC). The data revealed that a total of 196 children (under 18) were admitted to approved adult centres from [...]
Synchrony Healthcare has signed an agreement with the HSE and St James’s which will see it build a new facility providing 195 in-patient beds, 72 outpatient beds and eight operating theatres. An application for planning permission will now be submitted. Under the terms of the agreement, Synchrony Healthcare has been granted a 65-year lease. [...]
Swedish scientists claim have discovered a gene that causes people with certain disorders to benefit more than others from placebos, it was reported in the Journal of Neuroscience. According to a New Scientist article, it is the gene for tryptophan hydroxylase-2, which makes serotonin. (Tomas Furmark of Uppsala University) and his colleagues recruited 25 people [...]
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