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Mother with breast implants told she deserved cancer

Posted on Feb 29, 2012 - 12:00 PM

By Lynne Kelleher A mother of one said she was told she deserved cancer after she revealed that she was one of the women fitted with the breast implants that sparked a global health scare. Lisa Fair is one of the 1,500 Irish women who were fitted with cheap, industrial-grade silicone implants made by the French firm Poly Implant Prothèse, which has since closed ...

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Two thirds of faulty hips were fitted in private hospitals

Posted on Feb 14, 2012 - 12:00 PM

By Catherine Shanahan Private hospitals carried out more than two-thirds of the surgeries involving the use of two defective hip implant devices as a result of which almost 300 patients in Ireland require a second operation. The latest figures from the Health Service Executive show the Whitfield Clinic in Waterford made most use of the DePuy products which became the subject of a worldwide recall in 2010 ...

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Call for safety controls in wake of implant scare

Posted on Feb 09, 2012 - 12:00 PM

By   -  Today, 15:33 CET European commissioner for health tells member states to ensure safety of medical devices. John Dalli , the European commissioner for health, has written to member states urging immediate action to ensure the safety of medical devices following the PIP breast implant scare. He said member states could take safety measures now, even though the Commission will not present its proposal to revise EU rules on medical devices until later this year ...

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30 cases of narcolepsy identified by HSE

Posted on Feb 01, 2012 - 12:00 PM

A group representing families who believe their children developed narcolepsy after the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine are to meet officials from the HSE. Article 900,000 doses of Pandemrix were given by HSE clinics in 2009/2010 The Health Service Executive says it has identified 30 cases of the sleeping disorder narcolepsy as part of an investigation into a possible link between the condition and the swine flu vaccine, Pandemrix ...

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Doctors must open surgeries for random inspection

Posted on Jan 31, 2012 - 12:00 PM

Doctors are to be forced to open up their surgeries to an inspection team for the first time under new competency rules to ensure they are not harming patients, it emerged yesterday. Random checks will see a team of two medics and a patient representative carry out an inspection visit of the doctor’s workplace to assess their interaction with patients and general performance ...

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Consultant guilty of poor professional performance after woman 31 died

Posted on Jan 28, 2012 - 12:00 PM

FIONA GARTLAND A DROGHEDA consultant who failed to take adequate steps to implement a treatment plan for a woman who later died, has been found guilty of poor professional performance at a Medical Council fitness-to-practise inquiry. Consultant gynaecologist and obstetrician Dr Etop Samson Akpan from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda had faced 12 allegations of professional misconduct and or poor professional performance, following the death of 31-year-old Sharon McEneaney ...

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