The lesson of the attempt to locate the children’s hospital at the Mater site is clear. The site was too small and was turned down by the planning appeals board. Here, again, we already know the preferred site is too…
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Lorcan Birthistle on caring for children with cancer
The welfare of our patients in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, is the single most important priority for our care teams. While staff and patients have endured difficult and constrained conditions due to the age of our building, we have…
Cancer facilities for the young still a scandal: ex-patient
I’m lucky, I live a life that I love living, with friends that I love being around. It took me a while, after all my treatments, to adapt to just living and behaving in a normal manner again. But I…
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…
Tagged with: Infection
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
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
‘There are better facilities in Mountjoy Prison than there are for these children’
The office of Prof Owen Smith, consultant paediatric haematologist at Crumlin, overlooks the construction site where the new facility is taking shape. He says the project is about “restoring dignity” to the patients and parents who use the cancer and…
Teenage cancer patient tells of ‘humiliation’ in cramped ward
A TEENAGE cancer sufferer has spoken of the horrific conditions in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital where she regularly endured the undignified ordeal of using a commode in a cramped ward beside other patients and their families. Professor Owen Smith, consultant…
Crumlin in bid for €8m update of old facilities
Consultant paediatric cardiologist Dr Orla Franklin said the outdated facilities must be addressed. (Independent) >
Crumlin doctors re site of childrens’ hospital
Sir, – The undersigned consultants at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin wish to re-emphasise that the National Children’s Hospital (NCH) should be physically linked to a maternity hospital. High-risk babies from throughout Ireland who will require emergency medical care at…
Probe finds ‘failures’ at children’s hospital
A fitness to practise committee of the Irish Medical Council has expressed serious concern about surgical procedures at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin after it claimed there was “significant evidence of systems failures, weaknesses and errors” at…
Apology to family: Hospital statement
“As a result, the booking and coding process for this surgical procedure has been improved to remove any ambiguity,” said the hospital. It added that it wanted to reassure the public that it had “robust systems and procedures for the…
John Hennessy on children’s hospital development
OUR LADY’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, plays a unique role in Irish healthcare. On a daily basis, sick children from every corner of our island attend Our Lady’s with their families to receive expert care. Every child who is diagnosed with…
With a national paediatric hospital on the cards, can a massive investment in Crumlin be justified?
“If one or two consultants come in and the nurse has to fix a monitor or something, they just don’t fit . . . there have been times when there is a queue outside the door.” Consultant paediatric haematologist Dr…
Cork hospital to treat 2,000 child orthopaedic cases
The HSE South has confirmed the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in Cork City is now providing the support. Since 2007, children suffering from serious leg problems such as clubbed feet, hip deformities and cerebral palsy have had to travel…
Tagged with: Orthopaedics, Paediatrics
Posted in Colm Taylor, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, South Infirmary-Victoria
Posted in Colm Taylor, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, South Infirmary-Victoria
Stigma is a ‘curse’ on sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease is on the rise in Ireland with some 400 children now being treated at the SCD centre in Crumlin. In Ireland, a significant rise in cases has occurred in the past decade due to immigration. Some 400…
National Children’s Research Centre on obesity
Obesity has risen sharply over the past few years with more and more children effected. And diabetes incidence often follows close behind as the children mature into young adults. For this reason the National Children’s Research Centre at Crumlin, Dublin,…
Tagged with: Obesity
Posted in Carlos Blanco, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Public health, Research
Posted in Carlos Blanco, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Public health, Research
Child arthritis service cut for doctor’s leave
Crumlin’s consultant paediatric rheumatologist, Dr Orla Killeen, is due to go on maternity leave and, although a locum post was advertised internationally, not a single candidate applied. A spokesperson for OLCHC confirmed this was the case. Dr Killeen is the…
Tagged with: Arthritis, Paediatrics, Rheumatology
Posted in Clodagh Lowry, Orla Killeen, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, System
Posted in Clodagh Lowry, Orla Killeen, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, System
New cystic fibrosis ward to extend lives
The four-bed, in-patient children’s CF unit at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin, is making a huge difference to the lives of children with the disease, which leaves then extremely vulnerable to cross-infection. An independent review of CF services…
Tagged with: Cystic fibrosis
Posted in Hospitals/Clinics, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Ronnie Pollock
Posted in Hospitals/Clinics, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Ronnie Pollock
Hospital must set healthy example
GIVING sweets to children is a topic that continues to give and give — it gives obesity, diabetes, ill-health, hyperactivity, depression, caries and a lifetime’s legacy of poor taste. This week’s news (the matter came up in March, but we’ve…
Tagged with: Paediatrics
Posted in Hospitals/Clinics, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Public health
Posted in Hospitals/Clinics, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Public health
€10m children’s intensive care unit opens
A VITAL intensive care unit for some of the sickest children in the country has been opened at Our Lady’s Hospital in Crumlin. Speaking at the opening, Dr Martina Healy, the director of Our Lady’s Hospital in Crumlin’s intensive care…
Children’s hospital will run out of cash within six months
THE country’s biggest hospital for sick children is on the brink of running out of funds, the Irish Independent can reveal. The 248-bed Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin, will run out of money before the end of the…
What I did today… Dr Orla Franklin Paediatric Cardiologist
“Today I started my morning at 7.30am — a meeting with our CEO and members of the extended cardiac and intensive care team. “Later I did a ward round in the intensive care unit, mainly on recently operated patients, the…
HSE tackles children’s hospital over delays
THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has challenged one of Dublin’s biggest children’s hospitals for dragging its heels in dealing with consultants suspected of treating too many private patients. The hospital indicated that warning letters were now being issued. “In accordance with the…
