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Tender letters for construction of MRI scanner at St Luke’s Hospital sent out days before election

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2020 0

With just over a week to go before the General Election, it has emerged the Government are ready to sign off on the construction stage of the long-awaited MRI scanner project at St Luke’s General Hospital. Emails seen by the Friends of St Luke’s group who have long campaigned for an MRI scanner in the […]

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Frustrated Kilkenny TD to tackle Health Minister over latest MRI scanner delay

By Kilkenny Now 4th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY TD has hit out at the ongoing delay in delivering the long promised MRI scanner to St Luke’s General Hospital. Deputy Bobby Aylward today revealed he has resubmitted a parliamentary question to Health Minister Simon Harris to explain why the vital project has not been delivered, in spite of numerous […]

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Minister vows MRI scanner at St Luke’s will be delivered, but can’t confirm when

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2019 Post a comment

ST Luke’s General Hospital will get the long-awaited MRI scanner it badly needs, but Health Minister Simon Harris is unable to say if it will be built before the end of this year as previously promised. Minister Harris today vowed that the vital project – for which €250,000 has already been raised from local fundraising […]

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MRI scanner for St Luke’s Hospital still not included in HSE Capital Plan for 2019

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2019 0

THE long-awaited MRI scanner for St Luke’s General Hospital is still not in the Health Service Executive’s Capital Plan for 2019 – despite repeated promises the project would be finally delivered this year, KilkennyNow.ie can reveal. In a response to a parliamentary question from Kilkenny TD John McGuinness, The HSE said the “design team are […]

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‘MRI scanner at St Luke’s will definitely be built this year’ – Minister Phelan

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2019 0

THE long-awaited MRI scanner for St Luke’s General Hospital will be built this year, Minister and local TD John Paul Phelan insisted today. This week the Chairman of the Friends of St Luke’s, Declan McCann, expressed his frustration at the ongoing delays in the project in spite of the €250,000 the group has raised for […]