The health authorities have a duty to develop a national congenital anomalies register to record and analyse birth defects in Ireland, say public health experts.

The HSE has been ordered to review all cases of chronically ill people stripped of discretionary medical card help to ensure they can still access the care they need.

JUNIOR doctors at the country’s largest hospital are the latest casualties of frenetic efforts by the HSE to generate €300 million in savings at a time when health chiefs have warned they could run out of cash.

NOBODY could blame Irish nurses for taking to the streets in protest against the Third World conditions which patients and staff endure at overcrowded accident and emergency centres in hospitals across the country.