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Staff and residents at county Kilkenny hospital pull together for first party since pandemic hit

By Kilkenny Now 7th September 2021 0

Residents of St Columba’s Hospital in Thomastown were entertained outdoors by staff and special guests during a recent garden party held. It was the first event of its kind held at Columba’s since 2019 due to the pandemic and public health restrictions. St. Columba’s Director of Nursing Jenny Dowling said:  “The pandemic, of course, is […]

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‘Portrait of our frontline heroes’ – staff in county Kilkenny hospital are a work of art

By Kilkenny Now 22nd May 2020 0

A group of frontline workers from county Kilkenny have been framed in time as the subjects of a painting which will capture their work during the Covid-19 outbreak for all time. Staff at St Columba’s Hospital in Thomastown, have become the subject of one of the latest pieces painted for the #portraitsforHSEheroes series – a movement […]

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Green light for €19 million 100-patient community care facility in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 5th March 2020 0

A new €19 million, 95-bed community care unit for county Kilkenny has been given the green light. Kilkenny County Council approved plans this week for the 95-bed facility on the grounds of St Columba’s Hospital in Thomastown. The new facility became essential following a report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) in the […]

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Decision on new county Kilkenny 95-bed care hospital due next month

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2020 0

A decision on whether a much-needed new community care hospital promised by the Government for county Kilkenny will be made next month. The Health Service Executive (HSE) hopes to build a 95-room community nursing and residential care unit next door to Thomastown’s St Columba’s Hospital. A report published by the Health Information and Quality Authority […]

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‘Get the vaccine’ – nine confirmed flu deaths in Kilkenny and South East since last year

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2019 0

All healthcare workers and people in at-risk groups in Kilkenny are being urged to get the flu vaccine. In a video released this week, the Chief Officer of the HSE’s South East Community Healthcare (SECH) organisation Kate Killeen White re-iterated the message that “if you can’t get the flu, then you can’t spread the flu” […]

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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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Plans for huge 95-room care facility at county Kilkenny hospital

By Kilkenny Now 5th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A NEW hospital building promised by the Government for county Kilkenny could yet be built by 2021. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has lodged a planning application with Kilkenny County Council to build a 95-room community nursing and residential care unit in the grounds of Thomastown’s St Columba’s Hospital. A report published […]

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Vital Kilkenny health projects won’t be delayed over children’s hospital overspending fiasco: HSE

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2019 0

TWO vital local hospital projects will not be delayed as a result of the overspending on the National Children’s Hospital, Health Minister Simon Harris has confirmed. The minister was responding to a parliamentary question from Kilkenny Fianna Fáil TD Bobby Aylward. Fears had been publicly expressed that the refurbishment, renovation and new building works at […]