# Patients
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Overcrowded
Number of patients admitted on trolleys up 187% in some hospitals
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5.9k
Aug 8th 2014, 8:15 AM
state files
This 1940s letter describes the 'decent class' of unmarried mothers who were 'first offenders'
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26.2k
Jul 14th 2014, 7:25 AM
London
Nurse jailed for ill treatment of 92-year-old after family installed secret camera
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20.6k
Jul 10th 2014, 11:14 AM
terminally ill
Call to extend emergency medical card time limit for dying patients
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4.5k
Jul 2nd 2014, 6:45 AM
Mental Health
More than a dozen children admitted as involuntary patients in 2013
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7.1k
Jun 26th 2014, 6:50 AM
Brain Injury
Patients in a vegetative state are often misdiagnosed, but a new brain scan may help
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7.1k
Apr 16th 2014, 7:00 AM
Emergency
Firefighters and emergency workers 'extremely concerned' about Ireland's ambulance service
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9.9k
Mar 28th 2014, 2:28 PM
donor to lab
Tracing The Blood Line: Here’s what happens to your blood after you donate
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53.0k
Mar 17th 2014, 8:31 PM
donor to lab
Tracing The Blood Line: Here’s what to expect when you give blood
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24.7k
Mar 17th 2014, 8:30 PM
good and bad
People with serious illnesses asked to share their experience of palliative care
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6.8k
Mar 10th 2014, 8:18 AM
Cystic Fibrosis
Deal reached on 10 bed unit for CF patients in Cork University Hospital
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6.5k
Mar 4th 2014, 7:02 PM
wash your hands
CDI is more common than MRSA and kills one in three Irish patients infected
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10.5k
Mar 4th 2014, 6:30 AM
patient safety
Patients more likely to die when cared for by nurses with heavy workloads
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7.3k
Feb 26th 2014, 6:45 AM
living drug
New 'phenomenal' treatment uses patient's immune system to kill leukaemia
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15.5k
Feb 19th 2014, 8:43 PM
Mental Health
Concern over high level of undetected PTSD among Irish psychiatric clients
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10.0k
Jan 7th 2014, 9:12 AM
Patients
618 kept in hospital over Christmas - despite being cleared by docs
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11.5k
Dec 16th 2013, 3:45 PM
Mater Hospital
Chemotherapy rooms for patients at new Mater Hospital building 'overcrowded'
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9.2k
Dec 9th 2013, 6:45 AM
patient safety
Transparency in medical negligence cases could save the health system millions
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4.9k
Nov 5th 2013, 6:30 AM
Support
Patient group launched for people with severe respiratory disease
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8.0k
Oct 21st 2013, 10:46 PM
Hospitals
Consultants' association: HSE being driven by Troika demands, not patient welfare
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5.7k
Oct 12th 2013, 5:43 PM
Medication
One third of people are not taking enough of their prescriptions to cure them
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6.2k
Sep 25th 2013, 4:08 PM
ophthalmology
2,446 children on eye clinic waiting lists at Crumlin Hospital
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5.6k
Jul 30th 2013, 7:00 PM
hospice care
2,500 patients a year are denied access to hospice services
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3.4k
Jun 26th 2013, 10:40 AM
Waiting Lists
105 people every day aren’t turning up for appointments at Galway hospitals
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6.8k
Jun 18th 2013, 9:00 PM
Healthcare
€1.5 million research investment into healthcare quality and patient safety
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3.6k
May 24th 2013, 9:10 AM
Health
University of Limerick scientists invent new metal to 'significantly reduce patient trauma'
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8.6k
May 21st 2013, 6:45 AM
digital healthcare
Cutting edge technologies in healthcare will increase efficiency
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6.4k
May 16th 2013, 7:15 AM
Kenya
40 psychiatric patients escape from Kenya hospital after overpowering guards
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8.7k
May 13th 2013, 5:39 PM