Why the silence of 10,000 surgical postponements

Cancelled operations up 10% to 18,000 in 2009

This is not surprising. The population gets older. The number of surgical
beds shrinks and the speed of turnover increases, the effects on case
cancellations will multiply. There is also the unresolved problem of A&E
trolley occupants having priority over elective admissions virtually
irrespective of the reason for elective surgery. Probably, the only way to
deal with this problem in the short-term is to have whole secondary and
tertiary care hospitals with no A&E service.

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Mater is wrong site for National Children’s Hospital

Site for new children’s hospital

Madam, – A modern children’s hospital needs a large 40-60 bed
intensive care unit, a highly efficient day care unit which might turn over patients two or even three times a day and a nearby basic hotel. Oncology and cystic fibrosis need separate units because of infection issues. All Dublin surveys omit the vital factor of a basic hotel, “Holiday Inn” standard, on site.
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HSE Forum, Dublin North East

Thank you to councillors who approved my re-election to the chairmanship of the Forum for the coming year. As indicted, we will concentrate on Lourdes
Hospital Drogheda and its relationship with primary care and other
institutions in the catchment area. WE will also look at the proposed
solutions to the A&E problems at Mater, Beaumont and Connolly in Dublin.

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Professor Michael O’Keeffe – silent intimidation in public hospitals

Surgeon warns over Temple St cancellations

A leading eye surgeon has said the sight of a number of children is at risk because of the cancellation of operations at Temple Street Hospital next week.

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Headshops and the dangers of some products.

The HSE today issued a propaganda release on behalf of the Minister Pat Carey. There much common sense to be found here and let nobody think that taking unknown pharmaceutical substances is risk free. Sometimes the risks are substantial.

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Stephen Collins on Gormley and Poolbeg Incinerator

I am in favour of incineration. The decisions are made. My reservation is in the site of the incinerator which I believe should have been near the Red Cow Junction on the Naas Road/ M50. This would have minimised the truck traffic into the core city. Otherwise, I think three TDs in South East are playing nimbism and opportunism or moral funk and Gormley is just being John Gormley. I respect John Gormley but I think that he is wrong on incineration. He has argued about the size of the plant etc and there are problems with the volume of waste needed for efficiency and details of contracts but where propaganda begins and ends on this subject is difficult to delineate. As you all know, I am in the Collins Party so:

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