LAMENTING the fact Ireland possessing the world’s only 4th World health service is jeopardising an end to restrictions on the 22nd of October, the Taoiseach urged the 90% of the population that is vaccinated to blame those not vaccinated for decades of ineptitude and shameless neglect of the health service by politicians. “There is a… Read more »
WAITING LISTS remain a huge issue in the health service and those awaiting surgery of the minor/major variety face serious delays amid a critical lack of access to healthcare. Marketing and PR companies hired by the government with funds that probably could have been better spent going towards reducing waiting lists have been given the… Read more »
STAFF shortages in the nation’s ICU units may have been solved by an innovative contraption currently under trial in St. Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin, where a tethered farm animal following a carrot on a stick is ‘pretty much running the show’. Conditions at St. Vincent’s have reached such a critical stage that staff were… Read more »
SENIOR health officials have recommended that everyone should crack into the gin and the quarter pounders as soon and as often as possible, ‘for all the difference it makes’ in the grand scheme of things. The announcement comes following research that suggests that exercising may cause high levels of calcium in coronary arteries, leading to… Read more »
WITH WELL publicised waiting lists stretching on for longer than the Lord of the Rings Directors Cut DVD boxset, the news that Sláintecare executive director Laura Magahy has stepped down has been met with broad and unconvincing smiles as well as trembling thumbs ups indicating everything is perfectly fine. While a progress report cited significant… Read more »
YOU couldn’t make it up! In a stunning turn of events that highlights the greed of certain members of our healthcare service, WWN has learned that unions representing healthcare workers are demanding the payment of bonuses for their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic; and not just feel-good bonuses either. “We’re talking money, actual currency, not… Read more »
A GOVERNMENT watchdog is being set up to monitor anyone in the 18-35 year cohort that attempts to claim two sick days off due to vaccination side effects if they’ve received the single-dose Janssen jab, WWN can report. In many instances younger employees have been dialing up to say that they’re ‘wiped out’ with flu… Read more »
FIRST plagued by issues with the delivery of the AstraZeneca vaccines, now the subsequent decision by the NIAC to no longer recommend its use for any David under 50 born on a Wednesday can be added to its list of teething problems. “Now this only applies to Davids whose middle name begins with an ‘S’,”… Read more »
CONCERNS surrounding the effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine or the possible side effects are not front-of-mind for most Irish people according to a new survey, with almost 100% of people polled admitting that they’d gladly drink it out of a smelly welly if given the chance. Although the effectiveness of vaccines such as the AstraZeneca… Read more »
WITH more and more evidence emerging regarding the effectiveness of mixing Coronavirus vaccines, the Health Service Executive of Ireland has called on out-of-work bar staff to come forward to help the department mix different variations at their labs. “We figured we could kill two birds with the one stone and try and give back to… Read more »