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# Healthcare

All time
Parents of toddler who was unresponsive for an hour given 'mixed messages' about ambulance location
24 Aug 2018
38.9k
21
Injuries or near-injuries of patients at Irish hospitals jumped last year
12 Aug 2018
10.4k
12
Emma Mhic Mhathúna receives extra portion of settlement to purchase Dublin home close to treatment
26 Jul 2018
34.9k
27
Ireland spends €20 billion per year on healthcare, here's where the money goes
23 Jun 2018
28.9k
1
Of 204 requests for CervicalCheck files, just over half have been answered
22 Jun 2018
6.1k
2
CervicalCheck interim report says €2k payment should be given to women affected immediately
12 Jun 2018
18.0k
66
State settles case with Drogheda family over death of eight-day-old baby
11 Jun 2018
16.9k
9
For parents of children who are seriously ill, guilt is a common feeling they grapple with
4 Jun 2018
12.5k
7
Dentists claim rise in tooth extractions caused by structure of medical card scheme
29 May 2018
15.1k
28
'I was in pain all the time': Pregnant woman denied treatment for 'gangrenous ovarian cyst'
19 May 2018
38.2k
72
One of 208 women affected by smear test scandal 'fighting' to get medical card back
4 May 2018
24.6k
12
Portiuncula Hospital review found 'serious management errors' made in cases of 10 babies
3 May 2018
12.4k
31
There are 10 active legal claims made in relation to CervicalCheck smear tests
2 May 2018
8.6k
12
Savita Halappanavar: Her tragic death and how she became part of Ireland's abortion debate
29 Apr 2018
88.4k
234
'Between the doctor, antibiotics and the four days off, it was €600 that I will never see again'
Sinead Pembroke
27 Apr 2018
64.0k
52
Need a crash course in the history of the Eighth Amendment?
22 Apr 2018
14.6k
159
Belfast City Council passes motion to decriminalise use of abortion pills
9 Apr 2018
16.9k
57
Doctors want to bring in alcohol tests for pregnant women
9 Apr 2018
28.3k
93
13-year-old girl waited 50 minutes for ambulance after neurological attack
25 Feb 2018
45.5k
45
'The problem has advanced significantly': Mullingar man waits 9 years for orthodontic treatment
16 Feb 2018
12.9k
19
Single dads at higher risk of premature death than single mothers or couples - study
14 Feb 2018
11.3k
22
55 people have died during this year's flu season
1 Feb 2018
18.2k
28
Radiologist position 'has been empty for seven years'
30 Jan 2018
13.4k
33
Selling energy drinks to children: No plans from other retailers to copy Aldi's ban
28 Jan 2018
20.0k
26
Smoking one cigarette a day instead of 20 'just halves your risk of a heart attack'
25 Jan 2018
15.8k
28
Simon Harris 'concerned' about care terminally-ill woman received over New Year's weekend
12 Jan 2018
25.5k
65
Scan review: 34 patients were asked to go back to University Hospital Kerry
21 Dec 2017
5.8k
7
Long queues at Rotunda Hospital partly caused by new IT system
20 Dec 2017
17.1k
12
'A knife was pulled on me for refusing a prescription': GPs want more protection from violent patients
26 Nov 2017
18.5k
27
'I don't want to jump queues': Thousands waiting up to 4 years for cataract surgery
22 Nov 2017
12.2k
51
'What was particularly scary about these voices is I am deaf and don’t normally hear people talking'
Karen Sinnott
11 Nov 2017
23.0k
31
Demand for every kind of health service in Ireland is set to go through the roof in the next 13 years
26 Oct 2017
9.6k
17
Not everyone's happy with the name for the children's hospital
24 Oct 2017
21.0k
48
The new children's hospital will be called... Phoenix Children's Health
23 Oct 2017
21.4k
99
After some confusion, hospitals told to pay doctors and nurses who didn't go to work on Monday
19 Oct 2017
25.4k
17
Trump dismantles major Obamacare payments in 'spiteful act'
13 Oct 2017
26.3k
78
Vat rate on sunbed services almost doubles to 23%
10 Oct 2017
9.0k
9
Drain cleaning fluid 'got mixed with water' at Ennis dental surgeries
6 Oct 2017
22.3k
23
Minister: Hospital followed procedure in case of man who suffered heart attack after being turned away
4 Oct 2017
11.1k
53
'Once the damage is done, it's done': This condition is causing sight loss in thousands of Irish every year
28 Sep 2017
23.8k
5
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