The Check Up 13th July 2015
Today’s Top Stories
Varadkar and HSE clash over Savita plan – Irish Independent
Series of internal memos reveal how lessons were not learned from baby deaths or misdiagnosis cases
Health mud beginning to stick to Leo – Sunday Independent
One year in and it’s going wrong for Minister Varadkar
Talks resume on maternity hospital move – RTE.ie
Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has said that talks resumed between the various parties involved in the planned move of the National Maternity Hospital to St Vincent’s University Hospital campus.
Surgery remains ‘the neglected stepchild of global health’ – The Irish Times
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is working to meet surgical training needs in Africa
Ultrasound may heal chronic wounds, suggests study – BBC.co.uk
A blast of ultrasound can help stubborn chronic wounds heal more quickly, a study suggests.
Client news
Ireland’s top entrepreneurs call for overhaul of tax system – Sunday Independent
Slainte Healthcare founder and CEO Andrew Murphy, who is in talks with a number of potential investors about raising €20m by the end of the year, said that as things stand entrepreneurs take all the risk of the downside and give away 33pc if there is any upside.