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Trolley crisis: St Luke’s one of country’s most overcrowded hospitals today

By Kilkenny Now 22nd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE overcrowding crisis at St Luke’s General Hospital escalated further week, with no fewer than 117 patients left languishing on trolleys while they wait for a bed to become available. Today at St Luke’s 33 people are waiting on trolleys, up from 23 yesterday, 25 on Tuesday, while Monday saw a recent […]

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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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St Luke’s consultant at centre of patient consent controversy put on leave

By Kilkenny Now 9th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE CONSULTANT at the centre of a controversy at St Luke’s Hospital, where procedures were carried out on five women without their consent, has been placed on administrative leave. Professor Ray O’Sullivan, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at St Luke’s previously said he did not feel he needed to obtain consent for […]

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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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Medical misadventure verdict returned in case of day-old baby who died in St Luke’s

By Kilkenny Now 23rd July 2019 0

AN INQUEST into the death of a baby girl at St Luke’s General Hospital returned a verdict of medical misadventure. Baby Livia Angel Urkova-Marini died following an attempt to perform a delivery by vacuum suction due to labour complications. Liva Angel was born at 12.04pm on May 18, 2014. She passed away at 7 pm […]

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Kilkenny becoming ‘Age- Friendly’ capital of Ireland

By Kilkenny Now 22nd July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY Kilkenny is fast becoming the age-friendly capital of Ireland, and this effort was recognised today by the Government. The Minister of State with special responsibility for Older People and Mental Health, Jim Daly came to county Kilkenny today to run his eye over three innovative projects that make Kilkenny a more accessible […]

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Vacant posts in health sector putting Kilkenny patients at extreme risk

By Kilkenny Now 22nd July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY Patients in Kilkenny are at extreme risk due to a Health Service Executive (HSE) ban on recruitment. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) made the warning this week, saying numerous positions in the health service are vacant due to an embargo on hiring. The INMO produced a list of vacant posts, […]

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St Luke’s apologises to family of 75 year-old man who fractured neck and suffered heart-attack after falling from hospital bed

By Kilkenny Now 19th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY ST LUKE’S General hospital has unreservedly apologised for its failure of care in the case of a patient who died a month after falling out of his hospital bed. Nicholas Ivory (75) of Stephen Street, Kilkenny was admitted to hospital on March 14, 2014, after a fall at his home. Later that […]

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South Dublin and Wicklow included in Kilkenny’s new regional health board

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY has been grouped in with South Dublin and Wicklow, as well as its South East neighbours, in the largest restructuring of the Irish health system since the creation of the Health Service Executive (HSE) 15 years ago. Minister for Health Simon Harris today announced the restructuring of the HSE, which is […]

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HSE tells 94-year-old Kilkenny mother to care for son suffering from dementia

By Kilkenny Now 9th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY man who suffers from dementia and is being kept in a bed in St Luke’s General Hospital at a cost of €1,200 per day was told by the health authorities to go home so he can be looked after by his 94-year-old mother. The Health Service Executive (HSE) told the […]