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Waterford hospital bans visitors to restrict vomiting bug
MANAGEMENT AT Waterford Regional Hospital yesterday confirmed it had imposed a ban on visitors to the hospital in an effort to curtail an outbreak of the norovirus or winter vomiting bug. Hospital...
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Thousands protest over Waterford hospital
Such a plan would see Waterford Regional Hospital and South Tipperary General Hospital linking up with Cork University Hospital and St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny, and Wexford General Hospital...
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Deasy says hospital campaign must keep regional focus
Mr Deasy and clinical directors from Waterford Regional Hospital, South Tipperary General Hospital, Wexford General Hospital and St Luke’s in Kilkenny are to meet the secretary general of the...
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Cathal J Kelly on hospital care in Waterford
[Letter to Times >] Sir, – The Royal College of Surgeons Ireland supports and welcomes Minister for Health James Reilly’s development of hospital networks. We believe bringing hospitals together...
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Reilly vows Waterford hospital will hold on to its services
HEALTH Minister James Reilly has given a guarantee to rebellious backbenchers that there will be no cuts to services in Waterford Regional Hospital. Around 15,000 people marched in Waterford city last...
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Dismantling southeast network will make hospital ‘unviable’
Waterford Regional Hospital (WRH) will become “unviable” and turn into a “county hospital” if the southeast hospital network is broken up, economist Jim Power has warned. It’s understood the...
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Campaigners mount protest to keep health services in southeast
Concerns have been raised about Waterford Regional Hospital losing its status as one of the Republic’s eight centres of excellence for cancer care and other services in the event of it being aligned...
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Hospital audit reveals significant IT security risks
Sensitive patient records at Waterford Regional Hospital are being kept on unencrypted laptops and can be easily accessed by workers who have no clearance to examine them. There is also a risk that,...
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Hospital car-park charges are four times higher than two years ago
DAILY parking charges at some hospitals are now up to four times more expensive than they were two years ago, new figures reveal. Parking hikes, which hit patients, visitors and staff, have been...
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Waterford hospital set to avoid losing services
Campaigners believe the thousands of people who took to the streets in the city in recent months to save the hospital are responsible for the U-turn. While the hospital would lose its regional status,...
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Staff cuts mean services in Waterford hospital are suffering
Elective surgery is down to less than half of normal levels at Waterford Regional Hospital (WRH) in recent weeks, while up to 30 inpatient beds remain closed as management do not have the nurses to...
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Patients in Waterford hospital at ‘serious risk’ – Hiqa
Waterford Regional Hospital has said a plan is being drawn up to address the serious concerns highlighted in an inspection by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa). Immediate risks to the...
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A dirty business: HIQA’s report on visit to Waterford Regional Hospital makes...
Immediate and serious risks to patients were identified at the 549-bed hospital. Hospital management have been give six weeks to address the problems which are based around a lack of basic cleanliness....
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