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Health Minister James Reilly slams Tallaght Hospital after damning report

Posted on May 17, 2012 - 12:00 AM

HEALTH Minister James Reilly today slammed Tallaght Hospital after a damning report by watchdog agency HIQA. He claimed it was “completely unacceptable” that there was no clarity as to who was providing medical supervision for emergency department patients at the hospital. He confirmed he had put in place an oversight group within his department to ensure the recommendations about governance were implemented ...

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There were 4 454 adults waiting greater than nine months for an elective procedure at the end of Feb

Posted on Apr 24, 2012 - 12:00 AM

It is intended that no adult will be waiting greater than nine months for an elective procedure by September 30, 2012. Also, no hospital reached the target of 95 per cent of all attendees at emergency departments being discharged or admitted within six hours, or 100 per cent of people admitted within nine hours of registration in February ...

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Department defends indemnity deal with producers of swine flu vaccine

Posted on Apr 20, 2012 - 12:00 AM

CARL O’BRIEN THE DEPARTMENT of Health has defended its decision to sign an indemnity deal with the producers of a swine flu vaccine that is associated with an increase in the rate of sleeping disorders among children. A report commissioned by the department and published yesterday concluded that an increase in narcolepsy among young people since 2009 is associated with the vaccine Pandemrix ...

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HSE paid out 8364 81m on negligence claims in 2011

Posted on Mar 25, 2012 - 01:00 PM

MARY MINIHAN THE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) paid out more than €81 million on negligence claims last year, while the figure was €47 million in 2009. The chairman of the Oireachtas health committee Jerry Buttimer (FG) asked Minister for Health James Reilly and the HSE to reveal the total amount paid out on foot of negligence claims in each of the last three years, and the associated legal fees incurred ...

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euro 450 000 for a life destroyed by unnecessary childbirth surgery

Posted on Mar 24, 2012 - 12:00 PM

A WOMAN whose life was “destroyed” by an unnecessary and outdated childbirth operation was yesterday awarded €450,000 in compensation. Olivia Kearney (60) endured a “wholly unnecessary” surgical procedure after she had her first baby nearly 43 years ago. The operation left her with a lifetime of pain and serious psychological damage. Yesterday, Ms Kearney became the first woman in Ireland to be awarded High Court compensation for the symphysiotomy procedure ...

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Horrific medical practice debated

Posted on Mar 15, 2012 - 12:00 PM

Health minister James Reilly has been urged to hold a public inquiry into a brutal medical procedure forced on pregnant women in Ireland as recently as the 1990s. Amid emotionally charged scenes in the Dail, TDs debated for the first time the practice of symphysiotomy, in which doctors broke women’s pelvises to ease childbirth without their consent ...

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