People should carry organ donation cards, and families need to discuss the issue of organ donation among themselves, the Minister for Health said following the publication of the HSE’s “Audit of Potential Organ Donors.” The audit summarised the availability of organs for transplantation in a 12 month period in Ireland from September 2007 to August [...]
The Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has been nominated as the new WHO Regional Director for Europe at a meeting in Copenhagen. Hungarian Zsuzsanna Jakab was one of five candidates for the post; the others being from Georgia, Greece, Italy and the Netherlands. She is scheduled to take up [...]
Helix Health, a healthcare tech company, has committed €1.8 million for a new laboratory at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Trinity College Dublin – which will facilitate some 280 students. Computer equipment and pharmacy software will be installed to include drug updates and drug interaction information. An initial 1 million commitment will [...]
The Irish Examiner reported (no link) this week that a 41-year-old man from Dublin died after inhaling nitrites as a sexual stimulant. His death was attributed to cardiac arrhythmia, which is a toxic effect of inhaling nitrites, especially in combination with alcohol. The man inhaled an aroma called Boiler House Aroma. The manager of the [...]
Ireland spends about €100 million per year treating colo-rectal cancer, Ireland’s cancer czar told a packed conference in Dublin last week. There is a convincing argument that colorectal screening makes sense, said Prof Tom Keane, the director of the National Cancer Control Programme. Prof Keane told the 16th International Meeting of the Centre for Colorectal [...]
Crumlin Hospital’s backlog of 70 operations to correct spinal deformity is expected to be cleared by February, with children due to be operated upon from later this month. A new initiative to address the waiting list has been agreed between the HSE and Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin; Temple Street; Tallaght; and Cappagh National [...]
On September 17th and 18th 2009, the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital (CWIUH), in association with Baby Lifeline Training UK, will host a conjoint conference in Dublin City University on Cerebral Palsy. From the press release: This unique multidisciplinary conference brings together experts from both Ireland and the U.K in obstetrics, paediatrics, neurology, rehabilitation, [...]
Patients with medical cards spend nearly four days longer in hospital than non-card holders, new statistics have revealed. According to the latest Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) data for 2007, released today (Tuesday September 15) by the ESRI, in-patient discharges with a medical card stayed an average of 8.2 days in hospital, which was on average [...]
Pro-Lisbon Treaty posters that have gone up recently around Dublin’s busiest streets depict a monkey holding a sign that reads: “No to Nuts!” This refers to Cóir, the anti-Lisbon group. From the Irish Times: Cóir’s Richard Greene claimed the posters, which have been taken down by the Dublin City Council, represented “a huge own goal [...]
A total of 89 inpatients whose treatment was completed over 100 days ago have still not been discharged from St James’s Hospital in Dublin, Irish Medical Times has learned. In total, 159 inpatients at St James’s, whose inpatient care is completed, are awaiting community nursing home placement. The HSE has confirmed that almost two-thirds of [...]
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