The year was 1916.

Health Minister James Reilly has been accused of scuppering compensation pay-outs to the alleged victims of disgraced medic Michael Shine.

A MEDICAL study claims protective skull caps do nothing to protect against concussion.

A MEDICAL devices firm is to create 79 jobs in Co Leitrim, as it almost doubles its workforce.

MEDICAL start-up company neoSurgical has secured €1.6 million syndicated investment led by Kernel Capital.

MEDICAL test kit manufacturer, Trinity Biotech has reported strong second-quarter figures, with a 7% increase in revenue and a 16% rise in earnings per share noted.

A DOCTOR who altered the medical records of an asylum seeker who took his life while a patient at the Mater Hospital in Dublin has been found guilty of professional misconduct.

MEDICAL and legal experts tasked with setting out a blueprint to regulate the area of assisted human reproduction have called on the Government to take responsibility and introduce legislation in the interest of patient safety.

MEDICAL experts have warned that swine flu will be the worst strain of the flu virus this winter as the seasonal vaccination campaign was launched.

A MEDICAL inquiry into two surgeons responsible for the removal of the wrong kidney from a young boy at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin was dramatically halted yesterday after the committee invoked a new piece of legislation to terminate proceedings.

MEDICAL test kit provider Trinity Biotech has reported pre-tax profits of $54.2 million (€41.5m) for the first half of the year, up from $6.2m for the same period last year.

WHEN Dr Anne Merriman arrived in Uganda almost 20 years ago, the first thing that stood out for her was the number of coffin makers who had set up along the roadsides – the business of death in a country then dealing with the tragedy of an AIDS epidemic.

MEDICAL staff need to be trained in handling patients deliberately simulating illnesses, according to researchers, following a study of patients with Munchausen Syndrome presenting in hospitals.

IN the litany of maternity care scandals at the Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, one stands out: symphysiotomy.

A MEDICAL negligence action involving a 15-year-old boy with cerebral palsy which may prove to be an important test case in regards to how payments are made to those who will require care for the rest of their lives has been adjourned by the High Court.

MEDICAL experts from all over the globe are to pool their research skills in a bid to develop treatments and cures for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

MEDICAL experts are reporting a significant surge in the winter vomiting bug in nursing homes and hospitals around the country.

MEDICAL research has highlighted the need for a national emergency transport system for critically ill children because of the present “dangerous” arrangements in place transferring young patients across the country.

MEDICAL teams rushed yesterday to flood-devastated southern India where five days of torrential rain have left at least 205 people dead and 750,000 displaced, authorities said.

MEDICAL devices firm Boston Scientific is closing its 120-job plant in Co Donegal next year and computer-maker IBM has sought a similar number of redundancies in Dublin, while Galway-based electronics firm Celestica is looking for 80 voluntary redundancies.

MEDICAL charities expressed their sadness yesterday over the plight of Big Brother Star Jade Goody after it was confirmed that her cancer has spread.

People have been “fooled” into perceiving the bodies of mannequins and other individuals as their own in a new scientific experiment, it was revealed today.

MEDICAL experts have warned that a serious shortage of psychologists could lead to a repeat of incidents like the Monageer tragedy where Adrian Dunne murdered his wife and two children before taking his own life.

MEDICAL staff were doing nixers in a public hospital for Barringtons private clinic in Limerick, it has emerged.

MEDICAL scientists working at public laboratories have warned that further cutbacks in healthcare funding could have a damaging effect on services to patients.

MEDICAL experts have warned of the dangers of a drug being provided to Irish women to allow them to carry out an abortion at home.

A MEDICAL technology company announced plans yesterday to establish its European headquarters in Athlone, creating 150 jobs.

A MEDICAL researcher, anxious about the safety of three years of detailed work which was stored on computers that were stolen from her, has appealed for the return of the vital data.

MEDICAL examiners and law enforcement officials in Michigan are working to determine the origins of mummified human skeletal remains confiscated from the home of a woman who police say was trying to sell them on eBay.

MEDICAL sources last night indicated that the Mater Hospital would be the site of the new national children’s hospital.

MEDICAL experts have sounded a note of caution after the world’s first human organ grown in a laboratory and transplanted successfully into a human was announced.

DR Michael Neary did “not feel any remorse” about any of the hysterectomies he performed during his time at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, a close friend has claimed.

MEDICAL representatives, patient groups and opposition parties have thrown cold water on the Health Service Executive's (HSE) battle plan for tackling the country's ongoing A&E crisis.

MEDICAL staff will be spared criminal charges over the death of a schoolgirl sent home from hospital with a “tummy bug” when she was suffering serious complications following surgery.

MEDICAL and nursing staff at a Tipperary hospital are to join with a local hospital action group to develop and fund a €50,000 blueprint on how their hospital should be developed.

A MEDICAL team in the United States is planning to undertake the world’s first face transplant.

A STUDY yesterday suggests that acupuncture works — but not because of any skilful manipulation of needles learned through centuries of tradition.

A MEDICAL expert has warned that Irish children will be killed if they take part in a ‘game’ where they block air to their brain to make themselves faint.

MEDICAL experts said yesterday much hardship will be alleviated for cancer patients, through having access to radiotherapy treatment in Limerick.

MEDICAL staff at the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) are strongly opposed to proposals within Government to relocate the hospital to a prison complex site.

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MEDICAL facilities costing approximately €25m remain almost entirely unused in Clonmel because the Department of Health can’t pay the €3.2m additional staffing costs to open the unit.

MEDICAL experts are to team up with Department of Justice officials and members of ethnic minorities to examine the provision of a national service for circumcision on non-medical grounds.

MEDICAL staff treating an Iraqi boy who lost both his arms in a coalition bombing have said he may die unless he is immediately flown out for specialist treatment.