Ireland is coming into winter. The HSE is coming under increasing pressure. The government is threatening a “circuit-breaker lockdown” to deal with what they say is a looming crisis. But is this pressure a unique crisis spawned solely due to Covid? Gript investigates. 1. 2019 – Irish hospitals at “breaking point” due to “killer flu” […]
Home care withdrawn due to staff shortage
Figures released by the Minister for Health show that the number of e-referrals made by GPs to Rapid Access Clinics (RACs) between January and August this year stands at 126% of the activity for the corresponding period in 2019. The numbers were released to Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD, who asked a parliamentary question on […]
An “astronomical” amount of healthcare operations are being cancelled every week as the HSE struggles to accommodate procedures, the Irish Patients’ Association has said. Stephen McMahon, who is director of the IPA, warned that hundreds of procedures are being cancelled every week due to a rise in Covid hospitalisations, which will prolong the already brutal […]
The CEO of Children’s Health Ireland has said that Covid-19 is not putting pressure on Irish children’s hospitals, and that ICU units are instead strained because the government’s lockdown has caused a spike in RSV infections. The remarks were made over the weekend by CHI chief Eilis Hardiman during an interview on RTÉ Radio 1. […]
Fear of “misinformation” is used to protect established interests: Politicians, Newspapers, Government departments, from criticism
On Thursday April 15th this year, Dr. Darina Flanagan of NPHET gave evidence to the High Court, in a case which challenged the legitimacy of Mandatory Hotel Quarantine. Her evidence was reported by the Irish Times under the headline: “Constitutional rights of women in mandatory quarantine breached, court told”
Waiting lists growing faster in poorer areas
550 abortions a month, it seems, is not enough for these people.
Parents are encouraged to discuss the issue and make efforts to resolve it.
It would seem that the lead transgender activist NGO, Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI), has found itself in spot of bother. According to a piece in The Burkean based on an internal email sent by the Health Services Executive to TENI CEO Sara Philips on June 11, the HSE said “may have to freeze funding” […]
If you go on to the HSE’s information page about abortion services in Ireland, and into the section advising people about what to expect after an abortion, one of the first lines you will read advises you that “around 2 or 3 out of every 100 people who have an abortion at less than 9 […]