Person: Tim McDonnell

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Mortality rates declined for patients of five out of six medical conditions assessed for the audit. File picture.</p>

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Mortality rates decreasing at Irish hospitals

A national audit looked at mortality rates over 10 years at public hospitals for a range of conditions, with rates declining in five out of six cases.

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Trolley crisis breaches agreed care standards as flu illness rates quadruple

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Working life with Prof Tim McDonnell

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Profile of Poundland/Dealz

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Irish suffer high death rate from lung illness

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140 jobs in store at Poundland

‘One in 12 patients who contract C diff infection will die’

A NEW virulent strain of the recently detected hospital acquired infection clostridium difficile (C diff) is fatal for one in 12 patients who contract it and is of huge concern for hospitals across the country, a consultant respiratory physician at a Dublin hospital told Dublin County Coroner’s Court yesterday.

Wed, 17 Oct, 2007

Doctors warn TB infections set to rise

THE consistent decline in tuberculosis (TB) rates in Ireland over the past 50 years may be somewhat reversed by the increase of immigration into Ireland, leading experts in the area said yesterday.

Fri, 24 Mar, 2006

Expert calls for scrapping of TB vaccinations

The TB vaccination should be scrapped and resources invested in treating the disease instead, a leading expert claimed today.

Thu, 23 Mar, 2006