Clare patients among the 1000 plus affected by major data breach
*Photograph: Sean Curtin / True Media A MAJOR DATA BREACH has affected gastroenterology patients in Clare, Limerick and Tipperary.
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Clare TDs ‘cannot stand by as waiting lists & cancellations spiral out of control’ – McGettigan
*Former party colleagues, Violet Anne Wynne TD (IND) and Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF). CLARE’s TDs need to act amid record waiting times and cancellations across the UL Hospitals Group, the county’s sole Sinn Féin member of Clare County Council has said.
Review of operations at Ennis Hospital including identifying greenfield site sought
*A review has been sought by county councillors. HSE OFFICIALS have been urged to review arrangements at Ennis Hospital including identifying a greenfield site to allow for further development.
Crowe apologises for UHL ‘centre of death’ comments
*Cathal Crowe TD (FF). Photograph: Natasha Barton CLARE TD, Cathal Crowe (FF) has apologised to members of the public that have taken offence with him calling University Hospital Limerick (UHL) as a centre of death while he has said the reopening of an accident and emergency unit in either Ennis or Nenagh is key to …
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Waiting list for cataract treatment doubles in Clare
ALMOST DOUBLE the amount of Clare people are awaiting treatment for cataracts since 2021.
High numbers presenting to UHL prompt cancellations of elective surgeries again
ELECTIVE PROCEDURES at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) have been cancelled for Wednesday (tomorrow) with all UL Hospitals Group sites including Ennis Hospital reported to be very busy with a high amount of inpatients.
Clare TD Joe Carey among the 77 patients on trolleys at UHL
*Deputy Joe Carey. Photograph: Natasha Barton CLARE TD, Joe Carey (FG) has spent the last two nights lying on a trolley at University Hospital Limerick (UHL).
Wynne adamant Ennis A&E can be reopened and staffed safely
*Photograph: Martin Molloy SAFELY REOPENING the emergency department at Ennis Hospital is a realistic aspiration, Violet-Anne Wynne TD (IND) has maintained while she said the people of West Clare ‘suffer in silence’ when it comes to their fear of health services.
Taoiseach Varadkar defends Government’s actions towards health services in Mid-West
*Leo Varadkar speaking to the media at University Hospital Limerick. Photograph: Brian Arthur AN TAOISEACH, Leo Varadkar (FG) has said it is an unfair analysis that successive Governments he has been involved in have done nothing to alleviate concerns of the people of the Mid-West that they have been left behind when it comes to …
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No new acute beds for Mid-West again in 2023
NO NEW ACUTE BEDS will be opened in the Mid-West region for the second year in a row.