Woman who gave birth died after internal bleeding
Tracey Fitzpatrick’s death will be reviewed by staff from Dublin maternity hospitals (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
State to become most obese country in Europe by 2025
Irish men already have the highest body mass index in the continent, study shows (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ireland's obesity rate among world's worst
Irish men already have the highest body mass index in Europe, study shows (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HSE had a ‘spend, spend, spend’ attitude before election
Documents show health service asked for €27m bailout after spending overran by €32m (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ambulance staff to ballot for strike action
Union says move follows failure by Leo Varadkar to publish national capacity review (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Most Irish hospitals have ‘poor cleanliness’, report finds
Hiqa report finds significant rise in hospitals needing to be re-inspected last year (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctors want mandatory reporting for sports injuries at school
Motion will be debated at IMO’s annual conference in Sligo (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Five consortiums shortlisted to build new national children’s hospital
Number of Irish-overseas joint ventures in bidding for project that could begin in June (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Four nurses struck off by board for misconduct
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland also censures former director of nursing home (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Investigation underway into mother’s death after giving birth
Tracey Fitzpatrick gave birth to a boy at St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny but died minutes later (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Investigation under way into mother’s death after giving birth
Tracey Fitzpatrick gave birth to a boy at St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny but died minutes later (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
VHI health insurance prices to increase by up to 6%
Company says rising cost of claims left it with no alternative to pushing up prices (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Patients not being discharged from hospital due to cutbacks
Homecare budget reductions are stranding older patients in expensive hospital beds (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Analysis: Homecare funding always hardest hit
Patients are better off at home. Homecare helps them prosper and frees hospital beds (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Five suicides in Newbridge, Co Kildare, raise fears of cluster
Four men died in the town and one nearby in the past month, aged in their 30s and 40s (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
