“Cancer care is time-dependent,” the consultant said.
The group estimates that 100 million cancer screenings were not performed during the outbreak and will lead to decreased survival rates for those whose cancer is found at a later stage than normal.
Three professors of medicine have released an infographic summarising the six Covid-19 treatments they say have been shown to help patients survive the disease. Profs William Bain, Georgios Kitsios and Tomeka Suber of the University of Pittsburgh said that while the best tool was prevention, their study of the “drug trials and success stories” involving Covid-19 […]
The HSE and the Government provide details of the daily number of confirmed Covid patients in hospitals as well as the number admitted and discharged in the previous 24 hours. The daily data for these measures are available to view at their website[1] since mid-March to early April. I speculated that the admissions and discharge […]
A funding page set up for the teenage victim of an apparent stabbing attack in Carrigaline last night was taken down by Go Fund Me. A disturbing video – apparently made by the perpetrators of the horrific beating and stabbing of the teenage boy – has been widely viewed on social media and has caused widespread revulsion and outrage. […]
The guidelines appear to ignore the Government’s Ethical Framework for Decision Making in a Pandemic, which warn hospitals not to exclude elderly people from treatment on the basis of age.
Cork University Hospital is effectively on lock down this evening, with notices outside the hospital saying an “infection outbreak” means strict visitor restrictions are in place.
WATCH: My daughter was paralyzed in horrific accident but HSE won’t give me care package to bring her home Caroline O’Toole is fighting for care for her daughter Amira-Anne #gript
A man is being treated in an isolation ward in Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital for symptoms consistent with coronavirus, which has so far caused 18 deaths in China. The BBC reports that he travelled to Northern Ireland from the city of Wuhan where the infection outbreak began. It is understood that the patient arrived from Wuhan […]
Last week, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties were excitedly tweeting that they were preparing a report for Simon Harris which could help to ban pro-life vigils at abortion centres. Now they have reported that they have sent their “investigation” to the Minister, and issued a call for immediate action on the issue, seeking to make […]
Parsing a non-story in Saturday’s Irish Independent tells us a sad and genuine story about the state of the conscience of our nation. But it needs parsing. The paper reported on what was essentially a non-issue – they as good as said so, but still had to give us about 700 words – about the […]
WATCH: Simon Harris is HALTING money for safety measures in maternity hospitals – in order to pay for abortions. This is almost beyond belief. So much for keeping women safe – their end goal was always just abortion.