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MRH Mullingar services ‘not to reduce’— HSE
By Gary Culliton. The HSE has confirmed that the Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar is not subject to the focus of hospitals on HIQA’s ‘watchlist’. Mullingar has not been added to the list of...
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Novel hip technique demonstrated
Some members of the Orthopaedic Consultant Team from the Midland Regional Hospital (MRH), Tullamore, with Dr Erik De Witte, Belgium, pioneer of the minimally-invasive hip surgery, L to R: Mr James...
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Portlaoise AMU work due
By Gary Culliton. The HSE has sought contractor expressions of interest for building work on the Acute Medical Assessment Unit and Day Services Unit at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise....
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Midland site is milestone as 30th hospital goes live with NIMIS service
Ireland’s National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) project implementation has reached a milestone with the successful go-live of the 30th public hospital, Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise...
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Delay in consultant appointment at Midland Regional Hospital
One consultant post has not been permanently filled in the orthopaedic service at Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore, the HSE has stated, although interviews took place in March and a panel was formed...
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10-day extension on Portlaoise report
Tony O’Brien, HSE DG; Phelim Quinn, HIQA CEO The HSE was given an extension of just 10 working days to come back to HIQA with any further feedback on the Authority’s factual accuracy process involved...
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Laois GPs fear Portlaoise ED closure
The Laois Faculty of the ICGP and Laois MIDOC out-of-hours GP service members have restated their grave concerns that services at the Midland Regional Hospital at Portlaoise will likely be downgraded....
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Recommendations on ED by Midland GPs to be considered
Portlaoise Hospital The anticipated draft plan on future services at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, will be informed by the views of local GPs and patients, as well as the three health...
View ArticlePatient spent 24 days in seclusion
A patient in the Department of Psychiatry at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise spent up to 576 hours, or 24 days in seclusion, a report by the Mental Health Commission (MHC) has found. The...
View ArticleEmergency Departments turning away patients at risk of suicide
A number of EDs are turning away patients who present with a mental health emergency – even potential suicides – and sending them elsewhere The post Emergency Departments turning away patients at risk...
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