There is as yet no clarity around the “interim arrangements” the HSE said it is examining in order to address intolerable conditions in the mortuary at University Hospital Waterford (UHW).

The HSE is failing both the living and the dead in the South East says the PRO for Health Equality, Matt Shanahan.

The lack of a dedicated obstetric theatre in University Hospital Kerry (UHK) poses the greatest risk to patient safety and care, according to documents obtained by the Irish Examiner.

Details regarding the staffing levels and operating hours of a proposed mobile catheritisation lab for cardiac patients at University Hospital Waterford are expected to be confirmed in the next couple of days.

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Health Minister Simon Harris is basing his decision to cut cardiac services at University Hospital Waterford (UHW) on a flawed and invalid report.

An inquest jury has been told to disregard a high alcohol level detected in a blood sample from a 17-year-old killed in a crash, which also killed a woman and her unborn daughter, as it was an “impossible” level.

The inquest into the death of an elderly woman who died in a nursing home has found that suffocation by smothering with a pillow was the cause of death, in line with “circumstantial evidence”, even though there were no “identifiable” asphyxial signs on her body.

Author Eoin Colfer said he and his family are considering their position in relation to the death of his father, who died from internal bleeding one week after an operation to remove his gall bladder.

A leading regional hospital is putting patients at “immediate serious risk” by failing to meet vital health and safety policies designed to ensure the welfare of the public.

A lobby group which brought thousands of protesters onto the streets last winter to object to any downgrade of hospitals in the South-East reacted with scepticism to yesterday’s announcements on hospital groupings.

Campaigners in Waterford are optimistic that no services will be cut at Waterford Regional Hospital if the Higgins report into hospital reconfiguration is adopted by the Cabinet in two weeks time.

Health Minister James Reilly, the secretary general of the Department of Health, and the head of the HSE have assured consultants at Waterford Regional Hospital it will retain key services such as cancer care, cardiology, and trauma care.

“Enough is enough” — that was the message as more than 12,000 protesters took to the streets in Waterford against what they see as the latest attack on their city.

A bitter dispute has broken out between consultants and a Government TD over who is to blame for a feared break-up of the hospital network in the south-east and a consequent loss of health services.

A SUPERMARKET group owner has taken over as president of Waterford Chamber of Commerce and vowed to forge closer links with other bodies in the south-east.

WORK on a new emergency department and an intensive and special care baby unit for the south-east has started at Waterford Regional Hospital.

WATERFORD could have its own specialist cancer care unit within two-and-a-half years, three years ahead of schedule, a hospital boss claimed yesterday.

WATERFORD Regional Hospital needs more funding to cope with increasing numbers attending its accident and emergency department, a councillor has warned.

CANCER campaigners who have lobbied for a decade for radiotherapy services for Waterford and the south-east are today celebrating a landmark victory.

RADIOTHERAPY for the people of Waterford and the south-east, based at Waterford Regional Hospital, was a step closer today.

MANAGEMENT at Waterford Regional Hospital (WRH) say they are very open to a public private partnership (PPP) deal at the hospital which would see long-awaited radiotherapy facilities developed there.

TÁNAISTE and Health Minister Mary Harney is expected to confirm next week that a public private partnership deal to provide radiotherapy is to get the green light at Waterford Regional Hospital (WRH).

CANCER sufferers in the south-east could have full treatment services in one base in the region within two years.

RADIOTHERAPY campaigners have given a strong endorsement of a new public-private proposal to provide cancer care to patients on the grounds of Waterford Regional Hospital.