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EXCLUSIVE: Two-thirds of Kilkenny patients waiting year or more to see neurologist at St Luke’s Hospital

By Kilkenny Now 17th September 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY OVER half the people in Kilkenny waiting to see a consultant neurologist for an outpatient appointment in St Luke’s General Hospital are waiting up to 18 months or more. KilkennyNow.ie has discovered that two-thirds of the patients with an appointment to see a consultant neurologist are waiting up to a year or […]

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4,000 Kilkenny patients now on waiting lists to see consultant at St Luke’s Hospital

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY NEARLY 4,000 people in Kilkenny are waiting to see a consultant for an outpatient appointment at St Luke’s General Hospital, new figures reveal. And over 600 people have been waiting a year or more to get an appointment with a consultant at our local hospital. The figures emerged from the monthly National […]

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EXCLUSIVE: 750 women waiting on consultant gynaecologist appointment in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY THERE are 750 women in Kilkenny waiting for a gynaecology outpatient appointment or waiting on a further appointment after the initial referral. St. Luke’s General Hospital has 425 women waiting for a gynaecology outpatient appointment. A further 336 have been seen by a consultant and referred on for further inpatient care. They […]

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‘We are beyond crisis point’ – Kilkenny TD reacts to waiting lists for child consultants

By Kilkenny Now 23rd July 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY THE number of children on waiting lists to see consultants proves the health service “is beyond crisis point” according to a Kilkenny TD. Figures released this week show there are 47,255 children waiting to see a paediatrician for an outpatient appointment. Of these 19,000 are waiting over a year to see a […]

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‘We will not be bullied into performing abortions’ – Kilkenny consultant

By Kilkenny Now 8th July 2019 5

By COLIN BARTLEY A CONSULTANT obstetrician at St Luke’s Hospital told a pro-life rally over the weekend that people in the medical profession should not be bullied into performing abortions against their will. Dr Trevor Hayes said that if the government continues to bully medical professionals into performing abortions, they will force doctors and nurses […]

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St Luke’s promised new obstetrician to provide abortion services in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 25th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE HEALTH Service Executive is already on the look-out for another consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist  for St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny. This comes on the back of a commitment from Health Minister Simon Harris last night, confirming additional resources for St Luke’s to provide termination of pregnancy facilities. KilkennyNow.ie has

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Kilkenny councillor slams Taoiseach’s ‘heartless’ response to shocking mortuary revelations

By Kilkenny Now 2nd May 2019 0

A KILKENNY councillor has accused Taoiseach Leo Varadkar of showing “no compassion” to families affected by appalling conditions at the regional hospital’s mortuary. Independent European election candidate Breda Gardner spoke out after the Taoiseach said there wasn’t any evidence to back up the claims made by four senior consultant pathologists at University Hospital