Dr Patrick Rowan on the history of typhus infection, and how it affected Ireland and how it has now mostly become a scourge of the past Typhus infection has changed world history in many places and was one of the main causes of death during the Great Famine in Ireland. Yet Ireland has the dubious [...]
Aishling Gannon of Beauchamps Solicitors outlines the key issues in terms of getting consent from a patient in advance of a surgical procedure The right to bodily integrity is enshrined in Article 40.3.1 of the Irish Constitution. In medically treating a patient every intervention, even touching a patient, is potentially an invasion of their bodily [...]
The worlds of medicine and music will meet with a performance next month in the National Concert Hall. Niamh Mullen reports Music inspired by the composer’s experiences working in medicine will be performed next month at the National Concert Hall. The New Sound Worlds series was curated by Irish composer Siobhán Cleary and will be [...]
The HSE believes significant progress has been made in achieving EWTD-compliant rosters for NCHDs: the IMO disagrees. The High Court is poised to decide which is right, reports Dara Gantly The HSE had until this Thursday, October 22, to submit a defence to the High Court over the IMO’s claim that it has breached a [...]
Gary Culliton reports on a new US study which appears to show a link between Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and a retrovirus — XMRV Researchers in the US have discovered that a high proportion of people with the debilitating neuroimmune disease Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), have a retrovirus called XMRV in [...]
Gary Culliton examines the latest advice from the HSE and Dept of Health on the H1N1 virus The IMO has queried whether medical indemnity against swine flu vaccination extends to the cost of cases brought before the Medical Council. Department of Health Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has tried to allay its fears. “Normally [...]
When things really start to fall apart due to the passage of time, Dr Garrett FitzGerald believes a little expense account may be your only man I am delighted to announce that the body is well on its way to falling apart. Turn away if you wish; this is not another article about the body [...]
Dr Simon Mills explores whether mediation can play a more significant role in medical negligence cases and Medical Council hearings under the new Medical Practitioners Act What is the role for mediation in clinical negligence cases or following complaints to the Medical Council? Could it ever displace adversarial hearings as the mechanism of choice for [...]
I am completely unaware of why I continue to say please and thanks to Dublin city bus drivers. I live near the very first stop on a route that goes from Clongriffin (a new estate on the northside that is like something out of a zombie film) to Rathmines (or something, I never go that [...]
Terence Cosgrave believes the finger of blame over the bonus to Brendan Drumm should point to the Government A bonus is something that is given or paid over above the amount that is due. In the convoluted world that is the Irish public service, the definition is something more like a guaranteed annual payment that [...]
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