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New Hand Hygiene Toolkit Published for Intensive Care Units
NUI Galway researchers designed toolkit to identify and address barriers to hand hygiene compliance Research led from NUI Galway has resulted in the publication of a toolkit to…
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New blood test predicts which Covid-19 patients will develop severe infection
Test could inform doctors on best treatment options Scientists have developed, for the first time, a score that can accurately predict which patients will develop a severe form…
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World Thrombosis Day with Thrombosis Ireland
Recognised on 13 October, World Thrombosis Day (WTD) focuses attention on the often overlooked and misunderstood condition of thrombosis. Ann-Marie O’Neill, founder of Thrombosis Ireland, shares a poignant…
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IHCA comments on the fact that 843,363 people are now waiting for care
Commenting on the fact that 843,363 people are now waiting for care, Prof Alan Irvine, President, Irish Hospital Consultants Association, said: “With a total of 843,363 people now…
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NUI Galway interventional cardiologists identify new model to weigh up risk and benefits of surgery versus stenting for treatments of complex coronary artery disease
Findings of research team led by Professor Patrick W Serruys published in The Lancet Researchers at NUI Galway’s CORRIB Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory have developed…
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“Learn, unlearn, relearn”
Written by: Barry O’Sullivan MPSI MBA Senior Pharmacist, Mater Private Hospital, Cork My classmates all took a moment to absorb what Tech leader and Irish woman Anita Sands…
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Dublin scientist hopes to find new way to treat breast cancer that has spread to the brain
Walk the Walk Fellow and Breast Cancer Now scientist Dr Varešlija is studying how breast cancer spreads to the brain, where it becomes incurable, in the hope of…
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Radical action needed to make sure cancer isn’t the “Forgotten C” warns the Irish Cancer Society
Taoiseach confirms delays across cancer care “The comments by Taoiseach Micheál Martin in the Dáil today about Covid causing delayed cancer diagnoses, highlights the need for radical action…
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Significant increase in cancer patients who want to die at home due to Covid hospital restrictions
Irish Cancer Society appeals for more nurses to allow patients to spend their final days with family Visiting restrictions in hospitals have led to an increase in people…
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St John of God Community Services Announces Notice to Terminate Services Arrangement with the HSE
Saint John of God Community Services has today announced with deep regret it has served a notice of termination of its Service Arrangement with the Health Services Executive…
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