Hospital Medicine

The vast majority of decisions to involuntarily detain patients in psychiatric institutions are still being upheld by mental health tribunals.

Strict visitor restrictions are being enforced with immediate effect at CUH/CUMH due to an increased incidence of patients with suspected norovirus – commonly known as the vomiting bug.

A South African woman who has been detained in hospital after refusing to accept treatment for a suspected case of drug resistant tuberculosis has been detained lawfully, the High Court has ruled.

Revenue received from the car park at Beaumont Hospital over the past four years has exceeded €3 million.

A number of buildings – including listed buildings costing €1.

Construction on a new mental health unit at Letterkenny General Hospital could commence as early as March next year, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed.

Over €4 million is to be paid by the Health Service Executive to a company that will assist with involuntary admissions of psychiatric patients.

Tallaght Hospital (AMNCH) launched a new initiative when it used a robot to assist in removing a large colon cancer tumour from a patient.

Bacteria that can cause life-threatening Legionnaires Disease has been discovered in the water supply at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

Beacon Medical Group’s appeal against refusal of permission for a €160m maternity hospital in Dublin’s Sandyford has been rejected by An Bord Pleanala, Irish Medical Times has learned.