The Check Up 17th July 2015
Today’s Top Stories
St Vincent’s Hospital to investigate allegations over gifts – RTE.ie
Saint Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin is to investigate allegations that some members of staff were in receipt of expensive holidays and gifts from a supplier in breach of their rules of employment.
Nurses’ register delay due to funding – Irish Independent
One in three of the 2,016 applications from nurses who want to be registered to work in Ireland have been in the system for over a year, an Oireachtas committee heard.
Medication errors main risk to patient safety, says Varadkar – The Irish Times
Patients association head says one in 10 are harmed while receiving healthcare.
Lego prosthetic arm for kids, built by kids – SiliconRepublic.ie
Children who find themselves missing limbs are often given prosthetic ones to replace flesh and blood, but what if a child could build and design their own Lego prosthetic arm?
Robot brain could soon have bacteria controlling its movements – SiliconRepublic.ie
It might seem like the plot to a mad science fiction film, but researchers have shown early evidence that their bacteria grown through synthetic biology (synbio) can be used as the brain of a robot controlling its movements.