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Moves to cut numbers on hospital trolleys under way
Funding of €725,710 will be provided for a range of measures to tackle the lengthy waiting times for patients on trolleys at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. Measures agreed with the hospital to...
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Hospital is bursting at seams as over 50 lie on trolleys
Figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) showed that 51 patients — the largest number in the country — were on trolleys at the emergency department of Galway University...
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Hiqa assesses conditions at Drogheda hospital
THE HEALTH Information and Quality Authority is examining conditions at the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda following concerns over severe overcrowding there. Local GP...
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Woman sues over surgery she says was unnecessary
Olivia Kearney’s case centres on a symphysiotomy procedure — a practice which she alleges was abandoned in the developed world in the 19th century — done at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in...
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Hospitals monitored over concerns
THE STATE’S health service quality watchdog is monitoring hospitals in the midwest and northeast although it has not launched a formal investigation, its chief executive has said. Tracey Cooper said...
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Two hospitals graded ‘red’
GALWAY UNIVERSITY Hospital (GUH) is one of the two worst performing hospitals in the State, according to a new survey. The Healthstat report graded GUH and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda as...
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Overcrowding in A&E comparable to prison – Adams
SINN FÉIN leader Gerry Adams has compared overcrowding in the A&E department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda with overcrowding in prisons he had been in. The Taoiseach said the question...
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Beds reduction proposed for Meath and Louth hospitals
BED NUMBERS will be reduced and services curtailed in hospitals in counties Louth and Meath under cost-saving proposals drawn up by the Health Service Executive. The details are contained in a...
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Hospital car-park charges are four times higher than two years ago
DAILY parking charges at some hospitals are now up to four times more expensive than they were two years ago, new figures reveal. Parking hikes, which hit patients, visitors and staff, have been...
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Ombudsman to take action against Department of Health over Our Lady of...
The case relates to the ombudsman’s investigation into complaints made about a review commissioned by the department into abuse incidents which occurred in the past at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in...
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Drogheda hospital overcrowding sparks calls for major disaster plan
The Irish Nurses’ and Midwives’ Organisation yesterday called for a major disaster plan to be invoked at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda over concerns of severe overcrowding. In a statement it...
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Case shows Drogheda hospital had not learned from failures
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital has been at the centre of a series of medical controversies during the past decade, of which the HSE’s apology for the substandard care given to the late Sharon McEneaney...
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