A mother has urged the public to learn first aid after her two-year-old son nearly choked on peanuts on a family break in Kerry.

A private healthcare plan created by a Defence Forces representative association, as a result of dwindling resources in the Defence Forces medical corps, has proved so successful that it is planned to roll it out to the families of military personnel’s and veterans.

A medical intern who sent photos of a seriously-ill patient to a doctor-on-call was following instructions, an inquest heard.

AventaMed has developed a device which aims to take grommet surgery out of operating theatres and turn it into a quick procedure that can take place in a consultant’s offices. The elective surgery involves the use of small tubes.

Two Irish researchers have invented a medical device which has the potential to revolutionise how doctors around the world perform one of the most common childhood medical procedures.

The Health Service Executive has accepted the situation is urgent regarding ear, nose and throat (ENT) services at Kerry General Hospital.

ALMOST two out of every three public patients sent to a leading hospital for urgent bowel cancer checks are waiting up to three months for treatment — despite a 28-day target being imposed by the HSE.

Catherine Shanahan says the HSE was as surprised as anyone by move to investigate Cork hospital

PATIENTS are waiting up to 600 days to see a consultant at outpatient clinics in some hospitals around the country, according to the Health Service Executive performance information system HealthStat.

AN ear surgeon has warned against the use of cotton buds for cleaning ears.

MORE than 11,000 people with suspected hearing impairments – the bulk of them children – are on waiting lists for assessment, nearly half for more than 10 months.

IF there were rankings for muddling, overpaid, bureaucratic inefficiency, surely our Health Service Executive would deserve a high international ranking.

NO extra cancer treatment beds have been allocated to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital even though it has been designated one of the eight centres of excellence to treat cancer patients.

A REVIEW team is to examine how best Waterford Institute of Technology and Waterford Regional Hospital (WRH) can work together to strengthen medical education.

TWO Dublin hospitals are considering cancelling out patient referrals for ear, nose and throat (ENT) operations because of escalating surgical waiting lists, consultants have warned.