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TALKS BREAKTHROUGH: Three-day strike at St Luke’s next week called off

By Kilkenny Now 28th June 2019 0

THE threatened three-day strike next week by 150 health support staff at St Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny has been deferred. Just this lunchtime the Services, Industrial Professional and Technical Union agreed to allow for further talks between unions and Health Service Executive management. The deferral is to allow a full Labour Court hearing to take […]

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Kilkenny boy with intellectual disabililty left languishing in hospital bed at €150k cost to taxpayer

By Kilkenny Now 27th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY IT has cost the taxpayer €150,000 to keep a Kilkenny boy with intellectual disabilities in a hospital bed because funding has not been provided to move him to a permanent home. The boy has been left languishing in a ward at St Luke’s General Hospital since last November because of an ongoing […]

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Government urged to act on disturbing reports from Kilkenny maternity unit

By Kilkenny Now 27th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE GOVERNMENT is playing with the health and safety of women in Kilkenny and must address serious issues emerging from the maternity ward of St Luke’s Hospital immediately, a local TD has said. Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion spoke out in response to revelations that two pregnant women have died in the unit […]

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UPDATE: St Luke’s staff to attend talks in bid to prevent more strikes

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2019 0

EFFORTS are underway to prevent a further three days of planned strike action next week at St Luke’s General Hospital. Services at St Luke’s and a further 37 hospitals across the country were severely disrupted today as a result of the strike action. This evening it emerged that the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has invited […]

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Significant disruption at St Luke’s, but trolley numbers down

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY ST LUKE’S General Hospital is experiencing significant disruptions today as a result of the 24-hour strike by 150 health service support staff. People have been urged to stay away from out local hospital as a result of the strike, which began at 8am this morning.   The Health Service Executive (HSE) has […]

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HOSPITAL CRISIS: Serious problems identified with Kilkenny maternity unit

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2019 0

A NUMBER of serious issues have been identified with the maternity unit at St Luke’s General Hospital in recent months. The deaths of two pregnant patients at the unit last year and in 2017 has prompted separate investigations and calls from a watchdog for our local maternity unit to change its operations. A Health Services […]

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Patient services at St Luke’s Hospital severely curtained as 150 staff strike

By Kilkenny Now 25th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY MORE than 150 staff will walk out of St Luke’s General Hospital tomorrow after talks at preventing strike action by healthcare support workers broke down. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has warned the public to expect a “significant impact on services”. The hospital and healthcare support workers including porters, cleaners, healthcare

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St Luke’s promised new obstetrician to provide abortion services in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 25th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE HEALTH Service Executive is already on the look-out for another consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist  for St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny. This comes on the back of a commitment from Health Minister Simon Harris last night, confirming additional resources for St Luke’s to provide termination of pregnancy facilities. KilkennyNow.ie has

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St Luke’s gynaecologist who failed to get patients’ consent to learn his fate soon

By Kilkenny Now 25th June 2019 0

THE senior consultant at St Luke’s General Hospital who failed to obtain consent before he carried out gynaecological work on female patients will know his fate “within the next month”. A spokesperson for the Ireland East Hospital Group confirmed that an investigation into the case has now been completed. Its findings are currently being considered […]

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Consultant at St Luke’s Hospital failed to get consent before carrying out proceedures on female patients

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2019 0

ST Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny is seeking to suspend a senior hospital consultant who failed to obtain consent before carrying out gynaecological work on women patients. The obstetrician at the centre of the case has said he did not feel he needed to obtain consent for “exploratory” tests he carried out on five female […]