One of the country’s foremost lung cancer experts, Prof Des Carney, says a new report shows that 88 per cent of all Irish patients are diagnosed with lung cancer once they are in the late stages of the disease. Fifty-four per cent of all lung cancer patients in Ireland do not receive anti-tumour treatment for [...]
Just under a thousand people protested Saturday at the closing of Bantry General Hospital. Photo: Tony McElhinney
Dr John Hillery, the former President of the Medical Council, has been appointed by the Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney, to the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) – the industry watchdog of pharmacists and pharmacies in Ireland. Ms Harney also appointed Ms Kate Mulvenna. Dr Hillery, a consultant psychiatrist, is [...]
The HSE has informed all employers to cease offering contracts of employment to NCHDs for periods beyond July 1. In an internal memo from National Director of Human Resources Seán McGrath, which has been seen by IMT, the HSE also ordered employers to cease payment of the €3,360 living-out allowance and enforce an unpaid one-hour [...]
There were 49 people on trolleys in the emergency department of Tallaght Hospital this morning. There were 44 people on trolleys awaiting admission to Beaumont, accordng to the INO’s Trolleywatch. The figures were as follows: St Vincent’s University Hospital 19 St Colmcille’s Hospital 11 Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown 14 Beaumont Hospital 44 Naas General Hospital 23 [...]
Fine Gael Senate Health Spokesperson, Frances Fitzgerald, has said the number of patients enduring hospital treatment on a trolley continues to be alarmingly high. “ED overcrowding continues to be a major problem. There are signs that the closure of beds and the ongoing loss of bed days from delayed discharges are making things worse. “An [...]
Dublin’s new National Children’s Hospital will not be completed until 2014, Health Minister Harney has said. The development of the National Paediatric Hospital is a priority project for the Government. The project is proceeding as planned and is being overseen by the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board which was established in May, 2007. The HSE [...]
GIVING nurses prescribing rights is the biggest change in the profession in recent times, said Chairperson of the Irish Nurses Cardiovascular Association (INCA), Mary O’Connor. She said around 140 nurses were qualified to prescribe and there were no problems with doctors. “Nurses are practising. They have their individual workload and are working independently of doctors. [...]
The death has occurred of Dr Amir Kamal Hassan Musa, who was a registrar in the Anaesthetics Department of Cavan General Hospital. He had worked at the hospital for more than 10 years. “In that time he displayed professionalism and dedication to his work beyond the call of duty. He will be remembered by his [...]
Mobile phones used by hospital healthcare workers are often contaminated with germs, including those that can cause illness in hospitalised patients. The Turkish research team of Dr Fatma Ulger and others at Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, swabbed the dominant hand and the mobile phones of 200 doctors, nurses and other healthcare staff working in intensive [...]
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