Yesterday there were 37 patients with the symptoms of Winter Vomiting Bug at Dublin’s Beaumont hospital. This included 12 new cases compared to the previous day. The symptoms include include nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. The outbreak was officially declared two weeks ago and since then it has affected some 270 patients. Beaumont Hospital is still [...]
The Health Service Executive (HSE) is planning to commence the reconfiguration of maternity services in Dublin in line with the recommendations of a 2007 report by KPMG, despite the fact that the Executive has yet to publish its findings. The HSE commissioned KPMG in 2007 to carry out an independent review of the provision of [...]
All non essential and elective surgery at Cavan General Hospital, is being reviewed and deferred if necessary in consultation with the Consultants. Management at Cavan confirmed that there are currently severe pressures on the Emergency Department at the hospital. Last evening, there were 11 patients in the Emergency Department who required admission, 10 individuals were [...]
Irish hospital doctors will increasingly be travelling north to fill locum positions in Northern Ireland — placing even more pressure on the HSE to compete with the terms and conditions offered by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Hospitals in Northern Ireland observe the EU’s 56-hour week working time directive and NCHDs in Northern Ireland [...]
Those who drink coffee in midlife have a lower risk for late-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s disease compared to those who drink little or no coffee, a new study claims.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) hopes to resume the discontinued orthopaedic and urology outreach services at Bantry General Hospital (BGH) early this year. Orthopaedic services were provided at Bantry Hospital on the first Thursday of every second month, with approximately 20 patients seen at each clinic. The service was discontinued during 2007 due to the [...]
Scientists at Cambridge University discovered that City traders whose ring fingers are much longer than their index fingers make the most money, while those whose ring fingers are relatively short do the worst.
People who drank more than seven cups of instant coffee a day were three times more likely to hallucinate – see ghosts, hear weird noises etc. – than those who took just one, a study found.
Public patient beds are likely to be cut by 40 per cent, according to health activist Marie O’Connor. In a statement released last week, the member of the Campaign for a Real Public Health Service warned that health analysts ‘say the closure of emergency and other hospital services in the mid-west is part of a [...]
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda has confirmed that it is back ‘on call’ for all referrals since 9am this morning (Wednesday) . Currently there are 6 patients in the Emergency Department awaiting admission. If possible, the public are asked to attend their GP or NEDOC in the first instance. Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital [...]
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