Medics warn of hospitalisations due to complications from overseas surgery
‘Multiple case series relating to this phenomenon on the health service have been reported in recent years,’ medics say
Beaumont Hospital
Bill Tormey profile: Former Fine Gael politician a vocal commentator on health service for decades
Former Fine Gael councillor was charged with human trafficking and possession of child abuse images on Friday
‘I had let it go too far ... but I had zero pain’: We need to talk about penile cancer
New guide aims to stop men dying due to unawareness and shame
Five major Dublin hospitals receive €200m bailout to pay staff before Christmas
The hospitals wrote to the HSE saying they were facing a financial shortfall of more than €100 million
Surviving cancer: To all the ‘wingmen’ I say – take a bow, you’ve played a blinder
Cliodna O’Carolan reflects her husband’s gruelling and painful fight against cancer - and her harrowing efforts to support him
Living with a brain tumour: ‘I knew something was wrong because the radiographers would not look at me’
People with brain tumours get world-class medical treatment in Ireland – but after that there can be a big gap
MND: There has to be ‘an acceptance, a letting go and, dare I say, a surrender’
Kevin Carroll, ambassador for this year’s Walk While You Can fundraising event for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association, and his wife Margaret have been navigating continuing changes to their lives since Kevin was diagnosed with MND
‘Disturbing’ that charity has to take legal action over building lent to hospital, says Stephen Donnelly
Minister for Health ‘concerned’ that Beaumont Hospital has still not handed back support unit borrowed from Irish Kidney Association in 2020
Man charged in relation to stabbing of woman at house in Clonshaugh, Dublin
Woman was continuing to undergo emergency treatment in hospital on Sunday night
Man arrested following serious assault of woman at her home in Dublin
Coolock-based gardaí are investigating the circumstances in relation to the assault of the woman aged in her 30s at a private residence Clonshaugh
High Court orders health centre to release woman involuntarily committed
Judge says reasons given in the admission form came ‘nowhere close to meeting the statutory requirements’
Josephine Bartley obituary: A driving force in the elevation of nursing in Ireland
Beaumont Hospital’s first nursing director was ‘a wonderful nurse leader and role model who always put the sick person first, not the system’
Just how unsafe are emergency departments in Irish hospitals?
Dr Muiris Houston: University Hospital Limerick has been a black spot for many years, while Beaumont is a good example of how a hospital can turn things around
Woman died of lung clots four days after being discharged from hospital with anxiety diagnosis
Katie Doyle sent home without critical blood test carried out and later collapsed due to a ‘massive’ pulmonary embolism
‘Serious operational risk’ for Beaumont Hospital due to need to replace information system, PAC told
Dáil’s spending watchdog also hears of payroll overpayments at the hospital of €288,513 in 2022
UV lamps used in manicures could increase risk of skin cancer, doctors warn
Beaumont Hospital dermatologists say lamp exposure may have been ‘significant contributor’ to skin cancer in 45-year-old patient
Beaumont Hospital sued over alleged misreporting of smear sample for nurse who later died
Nurse Oonagh McEvoy was 36 years of age when she died of cervical cancer in 2011
Parkinson’s disease: What is it, who gets it and what does the future hold?
Primarily a movement disorder, the main initial symptoms of Parkinson's disease are tremors and the condition comes with several variations
Epilepsy: What is it and what does the future hold as treatments improve?
Specialists explain the causes, treatments and outlook for a condition that affects about 45,000 people in Ireland
Beaumont Hospital apologises over failings that resulted in death of girl (11)
Father of Ella Noonan says family ‘never wanted’ a legal battle but realised it was ‘only way’ to uncover truth
Increased dairy intake reduces falls and fractures among older people, study finds
Australian research, which found dairy linked to sharp drop in fracture risk, could be applied in Ireland, geriatrician says
What’s behind the unprecedented rise in levels of STIs in Ireland?
Sexually transmitted infections have been around for as long as mankind but experts say patterns of human behaviour are changing now that sex is instantly available through dating apps
How one Irish hospital has turned its performance around in quite a dramatic way
Dr Muiris Houston: A patient experience confirms the absolute transformation of Beaumont’s emergency department
Teenage boy dies in hospital after tractor fall in Galway
Gardaí appealing for witnesses to the road traffic incident which occurred last week
Nora Owen: I would say to Brian ‘you’re forgetting a lot’ and he would say ‘so are you’
Dementia is called the long goodbye and its impact on the person and their family is profound
‘They run in, they attack, they rob’: Are parts of inner city Dublin really no-go areas?
Last week’s attack on an American visitor prompted shock, anger and claims that streets in the capital are increasingly unsafe. Traders, residents and gardaí share their views on the day-to-day reality
‘I was disoriented, not properly mobile. I kept falling down’: Woman who suffered stroke giving birth has clot removed
About 7,500 Irish people get a stroke and 2,000 people die every year. Yet many strokes are treatable
Dublin man with seemingly minor head injury died suddenly, inquest told
Conor Cronin died two days after he fell while out jogging near DCU
Why medical students need to talk about dying
Young adults who go into medicine with ideals of curing and caring are unlikely to be any more comfortable talking about death than the rest of society
Teenager in serious condition following assault in Bluebell
No arrests have been made and investigations are ongoing
Funerals for teens killed in Galway crash announced as gardaí examine car and phones
Lukas Joyce (14) and Kirsty Bohan (14) killed in Headford early on Monday. Two friends - aged 13 and 14 years - being treated in hospital
Would you recognise the symptoms of a stroke? Some day, it could save a life
Any delay in getting a stroke victim to hospital could cause death or permanent severe disability
How to be an organ donor: ‘The surgeon said he wasn’t going to take my kidney out if I wasn’t sure’
Philip Butler, who lives in Co Wicklow, travelled to Belfast so he could donate his kidney to a stranger
Almost 1,300 people died due to delays in hospital admission from A&E, data suggests
Excess deaths among Irish patients in winter period up to January 29th rose to 1,278
Man (20s) critical after north inner city Dublin assault
Assault happened in laneway off Parnell St between 4am and 5am on Monday morning
Second-highest ever trolley figure recorded with 838 patients waiting for a hospital bed
Hospital emergency departments battling ‘perfect storm’ of flu, RSV and Covid-19 cases
Hospital-acquired Covid cases up 75% in year to July
Beaumont Hospital in Dublin has the highest number of hospital-acquired Covid cases this year so far at 509
Thousands tested positive for ‘superbugs’ in Irish hospitals last year
Hospital-acquired superbugs ‘absolutely‘ contribute to a number of patient deaths annually
Orla Tinsley: We cannot have fully resourced national transplant programmes unless all aspects of care are covered
We cannot have a fully functioning national CF service in Ireland until we can fully support our heart and lung transplant service and all that comes with it
For RedZinc founder Donal Morris, perseverance paid off
Innovators need to be able to rebound from failure and pivot to contend with new opportunities and realities
Sharp rise in number of patients facing delayed discharges from hospital
Delayed discharges increase risk of a patient contracting an infection and can contribute to overcrowding due to lost bed days
Multi-layered art-science collaboration explores the experience of epilepsy
Project brings together an artist, a composer and a neurophysiologist to evoke and explain the inner workings of a seizure
‘Because of my age, breast cancer wasn’t something I was really thinking of’
Ellen Cassidy had a double mastectomy at 30. Now she is urging other women to check their breasts regularly
More people contracted Covid-19 in hospitals early this year than in all of 2021
St Vincent’s had highest number of hospital-acquired infections in four-month period
Man (40s) suffers serious head injuries in assault in Dublin
Victim found unconscious in playground in Tallaght late on Saturday night
Teenager dies of injuries sustained in Co Donegal crash
Girl (17) was seriously injured in single-car collision in Carraig Airt over a week ago
Irish researchers discover potential link between smoking and male impotence
More than 1,000 are hospitalised for disease caused by smoking each year
Donegal crash victim an ‘ordinary man with great attitude’
Father-of-two from Malin Head died following two-car collision on Monday evening
Home from New York: ‘As an immigrant your biggest fear is getting ‘that’ phone call’
Four women reflect on their time in New York and why they came back to Ireland
Sligo reeling from latest death but locals says sense of community is strong
Gardaí awaiting results of post mortem on Russell Ford who died while socialising
Man dies following assault in Sligo town earlier this week
Gardaí appeal for witnesses after man in late 30s receives apparent head injury
Man in critical condition after Sligo town assault
Victim (30s) found with head injury at Rockwood Parade on Tuesday evening
‘To improve organ donation rates, we need to look at every death in ICUs and EDs’
Ireland currently has a lower level of organ donations than many nearby countries
Suspect charged after central Dublin assault leaves man in critical condition
Gardaí believe suspect got out of vehicle and attacked victim, who suffered brain and skull injuries
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