It is very likely that some patients have died in recent weeks due to avoidable delays in the healthcare system, according to the Irish Medical Organisation. Dr Matthew Sadlier, Chairman of the IMO’s Consultant Committee, …
The Health Service Executive is once again urged to use all available resources – including hospitals that have been downgraded in the past – to address the current overcrowding crisis. Official figures show hundreds of …
Overcrowding in hospitals has declined further today, with 639 patients in emergency rooms or wards awaiting admission to a bed, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. The numbers are 199 patients lower than …
A hospital in Shanghai has urged its staff to prepare for a “tragic battle” with Covid-19 as half of the city’s 25 million residents are expected to be infected by the end of the year …
Consultants in Our Lady Our Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda say that patients will die if they’re diverted to the hospital from Navan and further areas in County Meath. They say that they’re already under major …
So far, more than 100,000 patients have been left waiting on trolleys at Irish hospitals this year, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. The INMO said that this is the first time that …
Long waiting times and overcrowding in hospitals are expected during “this difficult winter”, the Irish Organization of Nurses and Midwives has warned, with 612 hospitalized patients waiting for a hospital bed this morning. This is …
A 13-year-old girl died in hospital from injuries sustained in a car accident in April. Aisling Kennedy, from Ballymacarbry, County Waterford, was just getting off a school bus near her home when she was hit …
Thousands of people turned out in Navan, Co Meath today to protest the closure of Navan Hospital’s A&E Department. It’s understood that the department will be closed with people urged to go to their GP …
There are currently 776 patients in hospital with the Covid-19 virus. Around 300 patients are unvaccinated. That’s according to the HSE Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Colm Henry who spoke on RTE News on Wednesday. These …
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