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HSE calls on Clare patients to attend Ennis Hospital due to unprecedented demand at UHL

THE HSE is calling on Clare people to attend Ennis Hospital rather than UHL due to what it calls “sustained high demand” in its ED. In a statement to The Clare Echo, the Health Board stated that attendances at UHL’s emergency department were “significantly above expected levels in recent days”. HSE Mid-West is asking the …

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HSE spent over €825k on failed community hospital on grounds of St Flannan’s College

By Gordon Deegan

*St Flannan’s College. OVER €825,000 has been spent by the HSE on professional fees on its failed planning application for a €25m community hospital for Catholic Church-owned green space at St Flannan’s College in Ennis.

Additional respite capacity planned with bed nights to double in Barefield

By Páraic McMahon

*Minister Norma Foley (FF) officially opening Enable Ireland’s Hazeldine facility in Barefield last November. Photograph: Natasha Barton ADDITIONAL respite services are to be provided in Barefield, Kilrush, Miltown Malbay and Shannon.

‘He gave everything to the community’ – memorial bench for Dermot Hayes requested for new dialysis unit

By Páraic McMahon

*Dermot Hayes. DERMOT HAYES’ outstanding advocacy and his ability to converse has put momentum behind a new campaign to have a bench named in his memory.

HSE to reignite planning row by reapplying for €25m hospital on grounds of Ennis school

By Gordon Deegan

*St Flannan’s College. THE Health Service Executive (HSE) is set to re-ignite a planning controversy by re-applying for planning permission for a €25m community hospital for Catholic Church-owned green space at St Flannan’s College in Ennis.

‘We failed Jessica’ – HSE admits fatal UHL surgery should not have been performed

By Dearbhla Parry

*Jessica Sheedy A YOUNG girl’s surgery at UHL leading to her death “should not have been performed,” the HSE have admitted. Jessica Sheedy (18) from Bruff, Limerick, experienced complications in May 2018 during surgery to remove a large but benign tumour from her abdomen at University Hospital Limerick (UHL). She passed away three days later …

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‘First time in a long time’ that an announcement on health offers hope for Clare

By Páraic McMahon

*Friends of Ennis Hospital Chairperson Angela Coll with PJ Cunningham. Photograph: Martin Connolly EFFORTS of health campaigners across Clare has paid off with sustained advocacy giving the county a shot of being the location for a new hospital with an emergency department.

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HSE calls on Clare patients to attend Ennis Hospital due to unprecedented demand at UHL

HSE spent over €825k on failed community hospital on grounds of St Flannan’s College

Additional respite capacity planned with bed nights to double in Barefield

‘He gave everything to the community’ – memorial bench for Dermot Hayes requested for new dialysis unit

HSE to reignite planning row by reapplying for €25m hospital on grounds of Ennis school

‘We failed Jessica’ – HSE admits fatal UHL surgery should not have been performed

‘First time in a long time’ that an announcement on health offers hope for Clare

Cabinet backs new model four hospital for Mid-West

‘Awful void’ left in Newmarket-on-Fergus with ‘unfathomable’ loss of GP practice

An Coimisiún Pleanála refuse plans for €25m community hospital on St Flannan’s College grounds

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