New heart attack treatment saves 30 lives a year, HSE says
92% of patients will soon be within required 90 minutes of livesaving angioplasty treatment (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Numbers waiting over three months for cancer test at record levels
Irish Cancer Society calls for political action on lengthening colonoscopy lists (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Court told traumatic delivery led to infant’s death in Mullingar
Kevin Kelly’s parents accuse HSE of ‘prolonging agony’ by failing to publish report (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mullingar hospital inquest shows little has changed for those affected by tragedies
Open disclosure still missing in maternity units struggling to retain qualified staff (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Nurse allegedly took €5,300 using elderly man’s ATM card
After Garda investigation the nurse repaid €6,000 and wrote a letter of apology to patient (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Manner of baby’s delivery ‘should not have happened’, inquest told
Baby Kevin Kelly died one week after his birth in Mulligar General Hospital (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Medical misadventure verdict over death soon after birth
Baby Kevin Kelly died almost a week after he was born at Mullingar General Hospital (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘It’s a colossal relief to finish. I feel 10 feet tall’
(Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘The bang of smug off me is horrendous’
They took on the challenge and they swam for a mile. Find out how two of The Irish Times team got on . . . (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Patients with flu symptoms ‘choosing A&E over GP’
Amid sustained overcrowding, survey finds many opt for hospital visit for flu treatment (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Neurologist calls for mixed martial arts to be banned
Prof Tim Lynch believes death of Joao Carvalho in Dublin will bring about change (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Government ‘should appoint Minister for Primary Care’
Healthcare organisation call for consensus approach to develop primary care (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny shows how it’s done
No expense has been spared at the new emergency block which has just opened (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

HSE gets 20 calls a day over treatment abroad
Demand for the EU cross-border directive (CBD) is doubling every six months (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Low uptake among Irish patients of EU treatment option
HSE is contacting patients’ groups to raise awareness of hospital treatment abroad (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news