The cyberattack on the Health Service Executive (HSE) has seriously impacted on services at St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny. In a statement today, the HSE confirmed the following services have been cancelled due to the ransomware attack on our health services. Outpatient clinics except for antenatal clinics; Routine physiotherapy, x-ray and cardiac diagnostic
A local TD has urged St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny to end its policy preventing partners of expectant mothers attend appointments with them. Carlow Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion called on Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to intervene and immediately end maternity restrictions at St Luke’s for expectant women and their partners. Restrictions remain at St […]
A non-for profit organisation set up in response to Covid-19 to protect and support frontline health care workers is set to make a major delivery of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to frontline workers across Kilkenny. Heroes-Aid, a voluntary not-for-profit organisation, established in the early stage of the Coronavirus pandemic, is arranging for the direct