Women left out of a redress scheme for former patients of disgraced surgeon Michael Neary have urged Health Minister James Reilly to keep his promise that he would look after them.

A HIGH-POWERED team has been appointed by the state’s health protection watchdog to probe the safety of the country’s busiest hospital for patients needing acute admission.

DOCTORS should undertake communication refresher courses and be able to access industry standard guidebooks to appropriate language when dealing with the ill, a patients’ group said yesterday.

FOR the first time in its 30-year history, the Medical Council will today allow public attendance at a fitness to practise (FTP) inquiry.

THE NURSE who tried to bring complaints about Drogheda consultant Michael Shine to the attention of the authorities was warned she would lose her home and reputation if she persisted with her action.

THE support group for victims of Michael Neary has been overwhelmed with calls after the broadcast of the first part of a dramatisation of the scandal created by his work.

THE appalling, barbaric story of disgraced former doctor Michael Neary is well known.

The group representing the interest of Irish patients has warned that the possibility of another Michael Neary type scandal occurring in the health care system remains.

A NUMBER of victims of disgraced obstetrician Dr Michael Neary who received short notice of a compensation scheme may miss the August deadline to apply, a group representing them has warned.

NURSES staged a sit-in at a major acute hospital in Dublin last night after management warned that more than half of the members of their strike committee would not be paid unless they returned to their normal clinical duties.

THE HUMAN Rights Commission (HRC) has begun a preliminary investigation into brutal operations carried out on Irish women by religious run maternity hospitals in the 1950s to 1980s.

A DOCTOR found guilty of professional misconduct will continue in his role as president of a world- renowned medical society.

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney has set a deadline of St Patrick’s Day for the establishment of a redress scheme to compensate women damaged by disgraced obstetrician Dr Michael Neary.

WOMEN who had their wombs removed unnecessarily at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda over a 30-year period, will next month begin the process of receiving compensation.

THE 129 women who had their wombs unnecessarily removed by Drogheda gynaecologist Michael Neary are to share €30 million in compensation, it was confirmed last night.

A campaign group representing women who had their wombs removed unnecessarily by Dr Michael Neary tonight said awards of up to 380,000 euro would be an acknowledgement of their suffering.

HEALTH chiefs are examining the case for setting up a Patient Safety Agency in the wake of findings that hospital mishaps affect over 1,000 patients weekly.

A patients’ support group has welcomed news of a fresh garda investigation connected to the number of hysterectomies carried out at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

The senior judge who revealed the shocking litany of malpractice by disgraced obstetrician Michael Neary will advise the Government on compensation for the dozens of women brutalised by him, it emerged today.

The Government will agree on a compensation scheme for victims of disgraced obstetrician Michael Neary within a fortnight, it emerged this afternoon.

PATIENTS of disgraced former obstetrician Dr Michael Neary are in legal limbo over a decision by the British-based Medical Defence Union (MDU) to cease insuring him for medical negligence cases taken against him after 2003.

FAMILIES whose members were treated by the disgraced former Killaloe GP Dr Paschal Carmody attended a meeting with the Minister for Health last evening at which they reiterated their demand for a full inquiry into the Medical Council’s complaints procedures.

WOMEN who had their wombs removed unnecessarily were reassured by Health Minister Micheál Martin that the State’s inquiry would get the support it needed to expose the scandal.

WOMEN who had their wombs removed unnecessarily will tell Health Minister Micheál Martin tomorrow that the State’s inquiry into the controversy must have powers to summon witnesses and documents if it is to have their support.

A PATIENT lobby group is to request a change in legislation to prevent doctors struck off by the Medical Council practicing alternative medicine.

HEALTH Minister Micheál Martin launched a stinging attack on the head of the Irish Medical Council yesterday after Monday’s Prime Time investigation which found medical errors kill 2,000 people a year.

A GOVERNMENT inquiry will be held into how doctor Michael Neary unnecessarily removed women’s wombs for years.

THE 60 women who claim they had their wombs removed unnecessarily by an obstetrician said yesterday they believed Dr Michael Neary should face criminal prosecution.

A group representing women treated by an obstetrician struck off for professional misconduct today welcomed news that a report on his activities is to be passed on to gardaí.

THE nuns who ran the Drogheda hospital where over 100 women allege unnecessary hysterectomies were performed on them have backed the women’s call for a public inquiry.

WOMEN who had their wombs removed by a Drogheda obstetrician will refuse to go before a second Medical Council inquiry into alleged misconduct, it emerged yesterday.

An obstetrician was struck off the register of medical practitioners tonight following claims by more than 60 women that he unnecessarily removed their wombs.

WOMEN who had their wombs removed unnecessarily have again called for a public tribunal of inquiry.

WOMEN who claim they had their wombs needlessly removed by a doctor will have to wait anything up to a year for answers, it emerged yesterday.

FIFTEEN women, who claim their wombs were removed by a doctor without their consent, say vital medical files relating to their cases have gone missing.