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Two people rushed to St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny following horror five-car crash

By Kilkenny Now 29th October 2019 0

The road, which was the scene of  a horrific five-vehicle crash in which seven people were hospitalised, has just re-opened. Two of the people injured were rushed to St Luke’s General Hospital, following the crash at The Forge on the N80, near Ballon, County Carlow. The crash happened shortly after 6.30pm yesterday evening and emergency […]

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Vomiting bug outbreak hits Kilkenny hospital

By Kilkenny Now 22nd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN outbreak of the winter vomiting bug has been detected in St Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny. Hospital management has placed visiting restrictions on the affected ward in St Luke’s. The norovirus (winter vomiting bug) outbreak was detected on Surgical Ward 2 on Monday. Since then hospital staff have been battling to contain […]

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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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Mental health services in Kilkenny ‘discriminatory’ and cannot provide ‘appropriate’ care – report

By Kilkenny Now 14th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE ongoing problem accessing essential healthcare for Kilkenny people with intellectual disabilities “is discriminatory” and “affects the safety of these service users.” This is the conclusion of a damning report, released earlier today, about Kilkenny’s mental health services. The report by the Mental Health Commission says services in Kilkenny

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Investigation underway following tragic death of patient at St Luke’s in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 9th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A REVIEW by health services is currently underway following the unexpected death of a patient at St Luke’s General Hospital earlier this week. The death occurred on Monday evening at the Department of Psychiatry (DoP), the acute mental health facility located on the grounds of St Luke’s. A Health Service Executive (HSE) […]

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Man rushed to St Luke’s Hospital after he was struck by a van

By Kilkenny Now 8th October 2019 0

A MAN is being treated at St Luke’s General Hospital after he was struck by a van in the early hours of this morning. The pedestrian was knocked down shortly before 5am on Hanover Road in Carlow town. The emergency services arrived at the scene a short time later and the victim was rushed to […]

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All aboard for Conor: Big machinery comes out to help Kilkenny boy with big smile

By Kilkenny Now 28th September 2019 2

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY community is pulling together by bringing out the big machinery to try and grow funds for a local boy’s battle with cancer. Five-year-old Conor Parr from Clough, near Castlecomer was diagnosed with cancer in March this year. While Conor undergoes his daily chemotherapy, the people of Clough and further afield […]

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Kells Angels: Kilkenny cyclists raise €6,000 for wheelie good cause

By Kilkenny Now 27th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A GROUP of Kilkenny friends who set up a social cycling club over a few drinks have turned their passion for peddling into a hobby that’s benefits others. This week, members of the Kells Angels Cycling Club presented a €5,660 cheque to the Friends of St Luke’s Carlow/Kilkenny Stroke Service, monies raised […]

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‘It’s a major priority of mine’ – Minister to make announcement on St Luke’s MRI scanner this week

By Kilkenny Now 23rd September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY may, in the coming days, finally know when it will have its own MRI scanner in St Luke’s General Hospital. The long-running saga appears to be coming to a conclusion after the Health Minister Simon Harris this week promised that an announcement on the scanner project is imminent. But local health […]

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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 […]