A GARDA sergeant who claimed he was left blind due to a failure to promptly diagnose an infection of the eye linked to wearing contact lenses has settled his High Court medical negligence action for an undisclosed sum.

Caroline O’Doherty reviews the National Cancer Control Strategy, which provides the opportunity to see whether specialist centres are the best means to survival.

THE Health Service Executive has moved to fast-track a plan to double capacity at the kidney dialysis unit at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital.

A MAN who was shot and wounded in the latest Southill feud in Limerick said last night: “They won’t drive me out of my home.”

MANAGEMENT and consultants in hospitals have reported chaos in the way patients are assessed, admitted and discharged.