Hospital Medicine

The man named athlete of the century by the International Olympic Committee will visit Ireland and Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin next week.

Ireland has the highest rate of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) in the world as well as the most severe types, but Irish CF patients do not have sufficient access to quality healthcare.

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.

Waiting times of between three and five years are typical for patients who require life-saving epilepsy surgery at Beaumont Hospital.

Two deaths at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital have been notified to the Coroner as being possibly related to an outbreak of C Diff (Clostridium Difficile).

Cork University Hospital (CUH) has reported the highest number of MRSA cases in the first quarter of 2009 at an acute public hospital.

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.

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.

The Permanent Working Group (PWG) of European Junior Doctors is gathering next week in Killarney for their pan-European autumn meeting.

The HSE plans to deliver the 17 new critical care beds Crumlin Hospital considers it requires within 18 months.