A UK-based professor will head a health service investigation into the death of a pregnant Indian dentist in Ireland as she miscarried.

A woman whose womb was needlessly removed by disgraced obstetrician Michael Neary said today that her fight for justice was almost over.

The HSE has this evening announced details of its review of miscarriage misdiagnosis in Irish hospitals, to be completed within six months.

A leading patient support group in Ireland today questioned a review of all recorded cases of misdiagnosed miscarriage in the country over the last five years.

The number of patients infected with the potentially lethal hospital superbug MRSA fell slightly last year, new figures revealed today.

ABOUT 150 applications for compensation by women damaged by disgraced obstetrician Dr Michael Neary have been made to the state’s redress scheme through support group Patient Focus.

THE State’s redress scheme, established to compensate women who had their wombs removed unnecessarily by disgraced obstetrician Dr Michael Neary, will get under way in two weeks’ time.

THE president of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) has resigned following a recent Medical Council finding of professional misconduct.

ANTI-BIOTIC resistant MRSA is present in most hospital isolation rooms, according to a study on the potentially fatal virus.

GUIDELINES that emphasise basic hand hygiene to stop the spread of the hospital superbug MRSA have been welcomed by lobby group Patient Focus.

EVERYDAY objects frequently used in hospitals such as pens, patient notes and computer keyboards could be helping the spread of the MRSA superbug, an expert warned yesterday.

ALARM bells would have rung earlier about the number of hysterectomies performed by disgraced doctor Michael Neary if, as is the case now, he had to seek a second opinion, a campaign group has claimed.