The National Council for Hypnotherapy in the UK has challenged BNP leader Nick Griffin to see if hypnotherapy can ‘cure’ his ‘racism’. A press release from the Council states: The ongoing furore over the appearance by British National Party leader Nick Griffin on the BBC’s Question Time has once again brought racism to the forefront [...]
Cork University Hospital (CUH) has reported the highest number of MRSA cases in the first quarter of 2009 at an acute public hospital. In total 100 cases of the superbug were recorded in the first three months of this year. That is a rate of .11 per 1,000 bed days. This compares with .10 episodes [...]
A British man offers his perspective on the warning labels you find on cigarette packs. Beware: you are about to see a man who has dressed himself up as a Confederate soldier. My favorite line: “Most of the oldest people who ever lived were smokers” – or something like that; I can’t listen to it [...]
Read an engrossing feature article, from the New York Times, about the world’s largest standalone cancer hospital – MD Anderson in Houston, Texas. Some quotes: “If you have a rare tumor, you need to go where tumors are not rare.” “Everyone is totally immersed in the idea that death is the enemy.” “It’s hard to [...]
The IHCA has mailed around the press release for its pre-Budget submission. You can read it in its entirety below: In its detailed submission for the 2010 Budget, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association has said that funding for the health service should be based on actual patient needs for health services, not on the sort [...]
The Annual Lecture of Arthritis Ireland and the Ankylosing Spondilitis Association of Ireland takes place Thursday, October 29. It’s called: Within Our Reach: A Lecture on Advances Towards Finding a Cure for Arthritis. The lecture takes place at the Citywest Hotel in Co Dublin. The special guest speaker, Professor Joachim Sieper, a rheumatologist, will discuss [...]
Agreement in principle has been reached on a merger between Beaumont and Blanchardstown Hospitals, with the RCSI providing the academic lead in the new body, Irish Medical Times has learned. A partnership agreement has been signed by the two hospitals and the College, which envisages one hospital across two sites. There will be one management [...]
The Health Service Executive (HSE) expects that the combined €12 million annual fundraising revenue generated by Dublin’s three existing children’s hospitals will significantly increase over the coming years, thus contributing to the overall finance of the new national children’s hospital. “People from abroad have already indicated that they wish to be involved with the new [...]
The Permanent Working Group (PWG) of European Junior Doctors is gathering next week in Killarney for their pan-European autumn meeting. IMO President Dr John Morris, who is also PWG EUEEA SC Chairperson, will be among those hosting the event, which will tackle some of the major issues impacting on the lives, training and working conditions [...]
Some photographs of the winners at the recent Irish Healthcare Awards, which took place in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, are available in the IMT Gallery. More to follow soon.
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