Plans to transfer patients with acute mental illness from a large open campus outside Cork city to a city-centre locked ward, have been described as “appalling” by the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA). Under proposals contained in a draft HSE discussion…
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Patients at serious risk of infection in six hospitals, health watchdog audit reveals
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 found that Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown, Dublin, Portiuncula Hospital in…
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Posted in Cavan, Connolly, Coombe, Hiqa, Hospitals/Clinics, Mayo General, Mercy University, Midwest, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Patients, Portiuncula, Roscommon, South Tipperary, St Luke's Kilkenny
Clinic to help cut hospital’s occupancy rate
A new clinic that cuts the amount of time a patient has to spend in hospital was formally opened at Mercy University Hospital (MUH) in Cork yesterday. The pre-operative assessment clinic (PAC) means patients who are scheduled for surgery are…
Hospital chief takes up post at ‘critical time’
One of the HSE South’s most senior backroom officials has been appointed the new chief executive of the Mercy University Hospital. Sandra Daly, who was previously the service’s general manager for the Cork area office, begins her role at the…
Half of psychiatric admissions have a drug problem
HALF of those admitted to a major psychiatric unit have a substance misuse problem, new research published in the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine suggests. Specialists at the Mercy University Hospital in Cork examined the clinical notes of 100 people…
Reilly’s approach to A&E unit cynical, says Martin
OPPOSITION politicians in Cork city warned that the closure of the emergency department at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital and the transfer of orthopaedic services from St Mary’s Orthopaedic Hospital may be a disaster for patients. Fianna Fáil leader…
Cancer surgery technique pioneered
A NEW technique to combat oesophageal cancer is being pioneered in this country by a top surgeon at Cork’s Mercy University Hospital. Thomas Murphy, a consultant general surgeon with a specialist interest in surgery of the oesophagus and stomach, is…
