Hospitals get hi-tech link from Reynolds

public hospital in the country is to get a 'telemedicine' unit high-tech equipment allowing doctors in one hospital to examine patients in another "as if they were in the room with them".

This medical advancement is thanks to an agreement reached with the Health Service Executive (HSE) and a charity headed by former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds and his wife Kathleen.

Mr Reynolds played a leading role in establishing Ireland's Children for Children and Adult Care Foundation after receiving a letter from Marie O'Keeffe from Kilnamona, Co Clare, in 2001 telling him how the death of her sister from cancer had affected her family.