Today’s Top Stories
Nursing board chief to take up new post in Bahrain – Irish Independent
Maura Pidgeon, the chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), which regulates nurses is to leave her post to move to take up a professorship in nursing at the RCSI Bahrain.
Northside patients won’t cross Liffey for empty hospital beds – The Irish Times
Up to one-quarter of the beds in the newly reopened Mount Carmel community hospital in south Dublin lay empty last week because of a reluctance of northside patients to cross the Liffey and occupy them.
HSE to fund MS drug for some patients – RTE.ie
The Health Service Executive has said it is to fund a life-changing drug for people with multiple sclerosis after a year-long campaign by MS sufferers.
Mount Carmel Community Hospital opens – The Irish Times
The former private hospital, now called Mount Carmel Community Hospital, was officially opened by Minister of State for Health Kathleen Lynch.
INMO highlights serious concerns with Kildare centre for people with disabilities – Newstalk
The INMO says it has serious patient safety concerns over St Raphael’s centre for people with disabilities in Celbridge, County Kildare.