Two years after the Emergency Department Task Force report, patients in Emergency Departments (EDs) face ‘third world’ waits of up to 28 hours to be admitted to a hospital ward, despite the HSE’s national target being a maximum of six hours, new figures show. Transitions from EDs to acute wards again represent a growing crisis [...]
A leading neuroscientist has been appointed Professor of Physiology at the new Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS) at the University of Limerick. Professor Billy O’Connor, in a lecture that coincided with his appointment, explained what makes the brain work and considered to find explanation “in our heads” for such human states as happiness, creativity and [...]
Most of those who have died from swine flu so far in Ireland were aged over-45, despite the widely reported view that the disease would worst affect younger people. Nobody aged 0-four or 25-34 has died. Four deaths were among those aged 55-64, two deaths were among those aged over 65 and another two deaths [...]
Photographs from the ICGP’s 25th anniversary gala are now available on IMT.ie’s Gallery page. Dr Michael Boland was honoured on the night with a career achievement award.
Co-administering doses of both the swine flu and the annual seasonal flu vaccines in separate arms induces a strong response in adults for both the H1N1 pandemic vaccine as well as the seasonal vaccine, according to new research. Results were released today (November 9) on a clinical trial assessing the administration of one of the [...]
A number of hospitals have put in place measures to restrict visiting patterns because of the swine flu pandemic. “On a national level, we recommend that people – particularly children under 14 – should avoid unnecessary hospital visits,” Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, said. “This is because of the risk of transmission of influenza.” [...]
The Irish Medicine Board (IMB) has received 23 reports of suspected adverse reactions to the Pandemic H1N1 vaccines Pandemrix and Celvapan. As of 12 noon on Thursday November 5, seven suspected adverse reactions occurred in children and four in pregnant women. The cases included injection site reactions (e.g. pain, swelling, bruising) or general adverse effects [...]
Maternity Hospitals in Dublin will restrict visiting from Friday to minimise the spread of influenza A H1N1. The measures will come into force from 8am at the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, the Rotunda Hospital and the National Maternity Hospital. Master of CWIUH Dr Chris Fitzpatrick said it was a temporary measure that would [...]
Waiting times of between three and five years are typical for patients who require life-saving epilepsy surgery at Beaumont Hospital. Current waiting times stand at up to two years to get an initial appointment to see a neurologist. To then get a MRI scan takes ten months, and to get a Video EEG takes another [...]
Brian Herron, in this week’s IMT, reports on a new machine from Sweden that could revolutionise virtual autopsy. Watch the videos here: Virtual Autopsies from NorrköpingsVisualiseringscenter onVimeo. The Virtual Autopsy Table from NorrköpingsVisualiseringscenter on Vimeo.
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