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Health service 'reaching breaking point' over doctor shortages
The warning comes as it emerged just 60 of nearly 300 doctors recruited from India and Pakistan have been registered to begin working.
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Sep 7th 2011, 1:09 PM
# Trolleywatch
6,624 people on hospital trolleys last month
The number of people on trolleys rose 106 per cent between August 2007 and 2011.
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Sep 5th 2011, 12:45 PM
Voices
Column: Dying with dignity is a right, not a privilege
We all hope for a good death – but in the current system not many of us will get one, writes Sharon Foley of the Irish Hospice Foundation.
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Sep 3rd 2011, 9:34 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Aug 31st 2011, 4:52 PM
# Hospitals
Some non-critical facilities to be moved from Galway hospital
Services within the HSE West hospital structure are to be re-balanced in a bid to reduce waiting times at University Hospital Galway, with some non-critical facilities to be moved within the month.
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Aug 31st 2011, 2:47 PM
# HIQA
HIQA investigations cost more than €1 million
The four investigations were carried out by the Health Information and Quality Authority.
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Aug 12th 2011, 10:02 AM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Sunday
In today’s Fix: Fears of more violence in London, the return of ‘Doctor Doom’ and how having 200 TV channels is now officially a human right..
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Aug 7th 2011, 7:56 PM
# Hospitals
HSE agency staff ban 'will force more shutdowns like Roscommon'
Emergency departments in several more smaller hospitals could be forced to close, a medical association has warned.
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Aug 7th 2011, 6:33 PM
# HSE
HSE is now €208 million over budget
The latest HSE performance report shows the extent of the overspend for the first six months of the year.
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Aug 4th 2011, 6:21 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: New bid to tackle hospital waiting lists, still no progress in the US debt crisis, and bad news if you think you’ve just won a Jaguar…
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Jul 29th 2011, 8:28 AM
# Catholic Church
Catholic Church apologises for forced adoptions in Australia
Mothers have described being shackled and sedated as their newborn children were taken away in Church-run hospitals.
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Jul 26th 2011, 10:31 AM
# Hospitals
Fourth person dies at UK hospital as nurse is arrested
The patients died after blood-sugar drug insulin was added to containers of saline solution at the Manchester facility.
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Jul 21st 2011, 1:57 PM
# Doctors
Rise in number of complaints against doctors
The Irish Medical Council said there was a 22 per cent increase in complaints last year.
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Jul 20th 2011, 12:20 PM
# Hospitals
Three die in hospital where drips were contaminated with insulin
Police in the northwest of England are searching for the person who tampered with the saline drips.
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Jul 16th 2011, 6:33 PM
# HSE
HSE reinforces hiring freeze after €170million overspend
The executive will only fill the most critical of vacancies as it battles to avoid financial disaster.
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Jul 15th 2011, 9:06 AM
# HSE
HSE: Hospitals have overspent by €120m so far this year
A new HSE performance report shows that it has overspent its budget by €170 million up to the end of May – with most of that being overspent by hospitals.
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Jul 14th 2011, 9:43 PM
# Alcohol
Alcohol-related illness costs Irish hospitals €800 million in five years
Young to middle-aged men were the most likely to spend the night in hospital because of alcohol-related health problems.
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Jul 14th 2011, 7:29 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Jul 12th 2011, 4:58 PM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Friday
In today’s Fix: leaked NOTW audio; the end of an era for NASA’s shuttles; and no more casual Fridays at the Dáil…
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Jul 8th 2011, 7:33 PM
# Hospitals
Downsizing of small hospitals 'not yet agreed', says Reilly
The Health Minister insisted plans to reduce services at regional hospitals are still “being discussed”.
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Jul 8th 2011, 4:56 PM
# Health
Trolley watch: the most depressing updates you'll get today?
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation new mobile phone updater allows you to see how many patients are on trolleys around the country at any given time. It makes for stark reading.
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Jul 6th 2011, 1:08 PM
# Patients
Protest at Tallaght hospital in solidarity with staff
Demonstrators say the facility is seriously under resourced. Meanwhile a protest about Roscommon County Hospital is planned for Leinster House for Wednesday.
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Jul 2nd 2011, 6:42 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Jul 1st 2011, 4:50 PM
Voices
Column: 'I once worked an 80-hour shift' - a junior doctor's story
One young medic describes the sometimes nightmarish world of hospital staff shortages to TheJournal.ie.
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Jul 1st 2011, 11:19 AM
# Anger
Anger over Roscommon hospital downgrade
The Taoiseach has confirmed that the hospital’s emergency department will no longer be 24/7.
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Jun 27th 2011, 8:42 PM
# in-feck-tious
Medical emergency! There's a Father Jack on ward three
Doctors are naming troublesome patients after foul-mouthed Fr Jack Hackett, a list of hospital slang reveals.
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Jun 16th 2011, 2:57 PM
Voices
Column: I died, but they brought me back - an MRSA survivor's story
Tony Kavanagh’s life as he knew it ended when a routine operation left him with MRSA. He tells TheJournal.ie about going from a thriving business career to the brink of death.
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Jun 13th 2011, 10:45 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Air Accident Unit investigates incident in which a Ryanair plane plunged into a nose-dive; David Norris says quotes on paedophilia are “misleading” and Pippa Middleton to get a US TV Show.
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May 31st 2011, 8:37 AM
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The 9 at 9: Saturday
Nine things you need to know before 9am: Gardaí make five arrests in relation to a massive drugs haul; good news for cash-strapped ESB customers; presidential elections in Nigeria; and Stephen Fry is prepared to go to prison.
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Apr 16th 2011, 9:00 AM
LIVE
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: 2,000 jobs to go at AIB, Japan declares the maximum nuclear alert level at Fukushima, and the demise of the Coco Pops mascot?
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Apr 12th 2011, 8:38 AM
# HSE
Row between HSE and agency staff could affect surgeries
Agency staff at hospitals have been advised not to present themselves for works after the HSE announced plans to cut their rate of pay.
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Mar 14th 2011, 7:44 PM
# Japan
"There is no food" - patients left without rations in quake-stricken Japanese hospitals
Some hospitals have been left without food, power or running water.
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Mar 14th 2011, 9:24 AM
# Health
2010 was the worst year for overcrowding in hospitals
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says the problem has increased by over a third over the past five years.
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Feb 14th 2011, 2:56 PM
# Swine Flu
Swine flu rates have doubled again
The Health Protection Surveillance Unit warns that the bug is here to stay for at least a few more weeks.
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Jan 14th 2011, 9:41 AM
# Swine Flu
HSE orders 100,000 extra flu vaccines
Meanwhile, Fine Gael’s health spokesman has warned that overcrowding in hospitals will cause infections to spread rapidly and will gravely endanger the lives of the seriously ill.
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Jan 8th 2011, 12:05 PM
# Hospitals
2,000 attend Portiuncula hospital protest
Human chain formed in opposition to downgrading – which the HSE says is not planned.
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Aug 17th 2010, 6:03 PM
# HSE Fail
Mental health services in freefall
20% of psychiatric nurses have retired.
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Aug 11th 2010, 1:43 PM
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