# Healthcare
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Cavan
Parents of toddler who was unresponsive for an hour given 'mixed messages' about ambulance location
24 Aug 2018
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patient safety
Injuries or near-injuries of patients at Irish hospitals jumped last year
12 Aug 2018
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High Court
Emma Mhic Mhathúna receives extra portion of settlement to purchase Dublin home close to treatment
26 Jul 2018
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Hospitals
Ireland spends €20 billion per year on healthcare, here's where the money goes
23 Jun 2018
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smear test scandal
Of 204 requests for CervicalCheck files, just over half have been answered
22 Jun 2018
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cash up front
CervicalCheck interim report says €2k payment should be given to women affected immediately
12 Jun 2018
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baby thomas
State settles case with Drogheda family over death of eight-day-old baby
11 Jun 2018
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Hospice
For parents of children who are seriously ill, guilt is a common feeling they grapple with
4 Jun 2018
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Survey
Dentists claim rise in tooth extractions caused by structure of medical card scheme
29 May 2018
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8th amendment
'I was in pain all the time': Pregnant woman denied treatment for 'gangrenous ovarian cyst'
19 May 2018
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CervicalCheck
One of 208 women affected by smear test scandal 'fighting' to get medical card back
4 May 2018
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Maternity services
Portiuncula Hospital review found 'serious management errors' made in cases of 10 babies
3 May 2018
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CervicalCheck
There are 10 active legal claims made in relation to CervicalCheck smear tests
2 May 2018
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Eighth Amendment
Savita Halappanavar: Her tragic death and how she became part of Ireland's abortion debate
29 Apr 2018
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Voices
'Between the doctor, antibiotics and the four days off, it was €600 that I will never see again'
Sinead Pembroke
27 Apr 2018
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Debate
Belfast City Council passes motion to decriminalise use of abortion pills
9 Apr 2018
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Roscommon
13-year-old girl waited 50 minutes for ambulance after neurological attack
25 Feb 2018
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Midlands
'The problem has advanced significantly': Mullingar man waits 9 years for orthodontic treatment
16 Feb 2018
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Lancet
Single dads at higher risk of premature death than single mothers or couples - study
14 Feb 2018
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clipped wings
Selling energy drinks to children: No plans from other retailers to copy Aldi's ban
28 Jan 2018
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bmj study
Smoking one cigarette a day instead of 20 'just halves your risk of a heart attack'
25 Jan 2018
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north wicklow
Simon Harris 'concerned' about care terminally-ill woman received over New Year's weekend
12 Jan 2018
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Scan Scandal
Scan review: 34 patients were asked to go back to University Hospital Kerry
21 Dec 2017
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Maternity services
Long queues at Rotunda Hospital partly caused by new IT system
20 Dec 2017
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HSE
'A knife was pulled on me for refusing a prescription': GPs want more protection from violent patients
26 Nov 2017
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mary comber
'I don't want to jump queues': Thousands waiting up to 4 years for cataract surgery
22 Nov 2017
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Voices
'What was particularly scary about these voices is I am deaf and don’t normally hear people talking'
Karen Sinnott
11 Nov 2017
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we're gettin' old
Demand for every kind of health service in Ireland is set to go through the roof in the next 13 years
26 Oct 2017
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phoenix hospital
Not everyone's happy with the name for the children's hospital
24 Oct 2017
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out of the ashes
The new children's hospital will be called... Phoenix Children's Health
23 Oct 2017
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storm ophelia
After some confusion, hospitals told to pay doctors and nurses who didn't go to work on Monday
19 Oct 2017
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Loughlinstown
Minister: Hospital followed procedure in case of man who suffered heart attack after being turned away
4 Oct 2017
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