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‘Don’t believe the spin: scandal of costs overrun at the National Children’s Hospital is hurting vital local health projects’ – TD

By Kilkenny Now 15th October 2019 0

THE scandal of the costs overrun at the National Children’s Hospital is affecting the delivery of vital health projects in Kilkenny and Carlow – despite the Government’s claims to the contrary, according to a local TD. Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion spoke out as she launched a scathing attack on what she described as the Government’s […]

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‘Absolutely outrageous’ – Kilkenny TD frustrated with ongoing delays in funding St Luke’s MRI scanner

By Kilkenny Now 23rd July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE LACK of urgency, and funding, involved in providing an MRI scanner for St Luke’s General Hospital has frustrated a Kilkenny TD and led him to become cynical about the Government’s guarantees. The issue of the non-provision of the MRI scanner was re-opened after the Minister of State with special responsibility for […]

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MRI scanner for St Luke’s Hospital will be confirmed this month: Minister Phelan

By Kilkenny Now 12th June 2019 0

THE long-awaited MRI scanner for St Luke’s General Hospital will be included in the 2019 Health Service Executive (HSE) Capital Plan. The Government came in for widespread criticism locally in recent months over its perceived failure to deliver on promises that the much-needed facility would be in place before the end of this year. However, […]

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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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Fresh doubts over long-awaited MRI scanner for St Luke’s

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2019 0

CAPITAL funding has still not been approved for the MRI scanner for St Luke’s General Hospital, which means it is highly unlikely the long-awaited project will be built this year as promised, Kilkenny’s sole candidate in the European elections has claimed. Independent Councillor Breda Gardner said the massive cost overrun at the National Children’s Hospital […]

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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 […]