US embassy warned diplomats about crumbling healthcare system
Visiting US diplomats were advised to be patient in the case of a medical emergency, because A&E wards are so overcrowded.
View ArticleHealth cuts could hit A&Es in Limerick and Drogheda
It comes as there were warnings about accident and emergency services in Dublin and Laois earlier this week.
View ArticleWatchdog says serious risks to patients at Tallaght hospital
The Health Information and Quality Authority has published the terms of reference of its statutory inquiry into care in the hospital’s A&E.
View ArticleRoscommon Hospital A&E to close Monday
The emergency unit is being replaced by an ‘urgent care unit’, but what does that mean? What can it treat?
View ArticleRoscommon A&E closure led to 200km round trip for elderly patient
The daughters of John Bligh have told how the journey left their father frail and them fearing the worst.
View ArticleMater Hospital Emergency Department to close for 18 hours for relocation
The relocation had previously been postponed as management at the hospital said it did not want to impose additional pressures on other hospitals.
View ArticleA major concern: 'What would an unplanned visit to Limerick Hospital uncover?'
The emergency department at Limerick hospital was discussed in the Dáil today.
View ArticleBeaumont Hospital only admitting 'urgent' emergency cases due to overcrowding
Yesterday there were 45 people on trolleys.
View Article‘Strong possibility’ of strike action after cancer patient left on trolley...
The man was one of 40 in need of a bed in the overcrowded Emergency Department in Our Lady of Lourdes.
View ArticleAppeal for woman who left hospital after giving birth to baby boy
Police in the UK have said they are not pursuing any criminal charges against her.
View ArticleTypo sees Sinn Féin election candidate listed as councillor
Noeleen Moran has said that it was a “typo and an honest mistake”.
View ArticleThe doctor revamping emergency departments in the US has some advice for...
“The patient doesn’t care who pays a salary or what title you have. People on the frontline need to be integrated in the decision making process.”
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