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Kilkenny’s St Luke’s Hospital tops list of mortality rates for stroke victims

By Kilkenny Now 8th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY ST LUKE’S Hospital has come out tops of an unwanted list – on mortality rates for common strokes. The figures have been obtained from the annual report of the National Healthcare Quality Reporting System, 2019. St Luke’s came out top of the list of mortality rates for people who have suffered ischaemic […]

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Have a heart – 400 people on cardiology waiting list at St Luke’s Hospital

By Kilkenny Now 8th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY NEARLY 400 people in Kilkenny are waiting to see a cardiologist for an outpatient appointment in St Luke’s General Hospital, new figures reveal. And 15 people have been waiting a year or more to get an appointment with one of the cardiology consultants at our local hospital. The figures emerged from the […]

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Frustrated Kilkenny TD to tackle Health Minister over latest MRI scanner delay

By Kilkenny Now 4th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY TD has hit out at the ongoing delay in delivering the long promised MRI scanner to St Luke’s General Hospital. Deputy Bobby Aylward today revealed he has resubmitted a parliamentary question to Health Minister Simon Harris to explain why the vital project has not been delivered, in spite of numerous […]

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Trolley numbers fall to near record lows at St Luke’s Hospital

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE number of patients waiting on trolleys in St Luke’s General Hospital has plummeted to near record lows, new figures reveal. St Luke’s recorded one of the lowest figures for patients waiting on trolleys at any of the 38 hospitals in the country where the data is gathered from, over the last […]

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400 women waiting to see gynaecologist at St Luke’s, one woman waiting over a year

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

ALMOST 400 women in Kilkenny are waiting to see a gynaecologist for an outpatient appointment in St Luke’s General Hospital, according to new figures published today. And one woman has been waiting over a year to get an appointment with one of the four consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists at our local hospital. The figures emerged […]

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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 […]