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  • Remit of injuries board may extend to medical negligence

    Newspaper:Irish Times

    Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT+00:00

    FIONA GARTLAND A PROPOSAL to extend the remit of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board to include medical negligence claims is being discussed by the Department of Health. The aim of...

  • 247 patients invited for hip recheck

    Newspaper:RTE

    Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT+00:00

    The HSE has confirmed that it invited 247 mostly elderly patients who had a hip operation at CUH back for a recheck. 1 of 1 247 patients who had a...

  • Hundreds dying due to trolley waits

    Newspaper:Irish Health

    Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT+00:00

    Niall Hunter , Editor Around 350 patients in Ireland may be unnecessarily dying in hospitals each year as a result of overcrowding in emergency departments, a leading consultant has warned....

  • Cancer patient tells of four year wait for redress

    Newspaper:Irish Times

    Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT+00:00

    FIONA GARTLAND A 55-YEAR-OLD woman whose breast cancer diagnosis was delayed by 18 months because of laboratory errors has said she feels let down by the State Claims Agency almost...

  • Closure of acute psychiatric unit to proceed

    Newspaper:Irish Times

    Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT+00:00

    CONOR KANE THE HSE is to proceed with the closure of an acute psychiatric unit in Tipperary within the next eight months and transfer inpatient beds to adjoining counties. Confirmation...

  • Inquiries under way into alleged abuse at Cork school

    Newspaper:Irish Times

    Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT+00:00

    PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs Correspondent THREE SEPARATE investigations are under way into the handling of clerical child sex abuse allegations by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart congregation while managing...

  • MRSA patients 50 more likely to die

    Newspaper:Irish Health

    Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT+00:00

    Intensive care patients who contract MRSA - the superbug which is resistant to most antibiotics - are up to 50% more likely to die than patients who contract infections that...