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Nurses’ concern over proposed hospital cuts
THE Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) yesterday expressed “great concern” over planned cuts at the MidWest’s largest hospital. Before a meeting with HSE management of the Midwest Regional...
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Reilly urged to save Limerick hospital beds
TRADE and Development Minister Jan O’Sullivan has asked Health Minister James Reilly to get the HSE to rearrange its budget to retain 25 beds at the Limerick’s main hospital that are due to be taken...
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Nurses to begin work stoppage at ‘extremely unsafe’ Limerick hospital
Mary Fogarty from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says it is clear that overcrowding is having an impact at the hospital. “Our members feel that the hospital now has become unsafe,” she...
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Man dies after two days on trolley in Limerick hospital
A MAN died from a suspected heart attack after lying on a trolley for two days at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital last month. “There is nothing to suggest at this moment any association between...
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No accountability structure for clinicians in Mid-West acute hospital network
The HSE has admitted staff morale is low and that there is no accountability structure for clinicians within its acute hospital network in the Mid-West. The admissions appear in a HSE document...
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Mid-West hospitals move toward NHS-style trust
Six hospitals in the Mid-West have entered a single management regime in which both doctors and HSE officials will play lead roles. The grouping of the hospitals — the Mid-West Regional, Regional...
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Patients at serious risk of infection in six hospitals, health watchdog audit...
Patients are at serious risk of infection in almost half the hospitals tested for hygiene by the State’s health watchdog, new reports reveal. Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) inspectors...
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Patients in 90s suffer as staff cuts delay vital operations
Two patients in their 90s in need of operations could not be dealt with at the Mid-West Regional Hospital due to staff cuts, the hospital confirmed last night. A staff shortage means one of the two...
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