A six-year-old girl was referred to hospital a number of times over a five-year period with vomiting and dehydration but no underlying cause had been established when she died, an inquest heard.

Over 5,600 patients in Limerick are waiting four years or more for an outpatient appointment to see a doctor, figures from the HSE show.

It gives me no pleasure to say this, but notwithstanding this horrific tragedy I find the attitude of Mr Halappanavar and that of his solicitor Gerard O’Donnell to be highly unreasonable.

Health Minister James Reilly has been urged to scrap the existing HSE inquiry into Savita Halappanavar’s death by asking the Health Information Quality Authority to take over its control.

ONE-in-five patients have to wait between 12 and 24 hours to be admitted through the A&E at the Mid-West Regional Hospital in Limerick.

PATIENTS at some of Ireland’s largest hospitals are facing unacceptable emergency department delays, with half of attendees at Cork University Hospital (CUH) alone waiting up to 24 hours for treatment.

TWO more hospitals have confirmed they gave the online transcription firm at the heart of the Tallaght Hospital data protection controversy sensitive information relating to thousands of patients over half a decade.

THE regional director of operations in HSE West, John Hennessy has claimed absenteeism in major acute hospitals is not being reduced quickly enough.

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.

TEN major hospitals have been forced to offer services despite failing to reach the necessary staffing levels due to ongoing public service employment restrictions.

AN orthopaedic surgeon has claimed he will only be able to operate “once or twice more” this year at Merlin Park Hospital in Galway because of plans to suspend all orthopaedic surgery for four months.

All elective admissions at University Hospital Galway have been cancelled again today as problems with overcrowding at the facility continue.

MORE than 300 diabetes patients could be spared the pain of amputation each year if the Health Service Executive (HSE) invested in more footcare specialists, according to doctors who treat the condition.