AFTER her pleas with a maternity hospital fell on deaf ears an enterprising mother-to-be has decided to give birth in her local pub so that her partner can be present for the birth of their child. “It’s not just about him being there in fairness, my local do chicken wings that are out of this… Read more »
AS THE government finally discovers potentially huge issues with the governance and ownership of the proposed site for the new national maternity hospital, we spoke to one dog in the street who tried to warn the government years ago. “I barked and barked about how poorly thought out building a maternity hospital on land owned… Read more »
WITH the news that more than 100,000 children are waiting for hospital treatment due to historic dysfunction and a shortage of consultants in the HSE, as well Covid-19 and HSE hack related delays, the Joe Duffy fronted Liveline radio show remains the best way to ensure your child gets the medical care they urgently require…. Read more »
THE OBVIOUS answer as to what type of person or group that has hacked into the HSE’s IT system and disrupted the health service’s ability to delivery critically important services such as care for cancer sufferers could very well be that the perpetrators are simply vile scum or state-sponsored vile scum attempting to extort or… Read more »
A DISRUPTION to modern life the likes of which we’ve never seen before and may never see again, many people have been left to rue the stolen experiences and missed opportunities that have come about as a result of Covid-19, even as society crawls slowly back to some sense of normality. Here’s just a small… Read more »
MARKING this International Nurses Day on the 12th of May, the government has sought to help bring healthcare workers back some sense of normality after over a year of leading the fight against Covid-19 by standing idly by as yet another trolley crisis grips the health service. “I’d say you’re delighted to be back to… Read more »
RESPONDING to calls from pregnant women for maternity hospitals to ease restrictions over partners attendance at scans and births, hospitals have confirmed after much deliberation they have agreed to allow fathers to be present for the conception of their child. Relenting to protests and couples’ calls for an empathetic approach to women giving birth now… Read more »
PAIN on a level which allegedly makes childbirth look like a piece of piss has left local man Martin Daly in agony following an ill advised attempt to exercise for the first in years. “Can you dislocate a hamstring and tear a lung? Fuck,” said Daly, grimacing intensely as he gingerly placed himself back on… Read more »
CHIEF Medical Officer Tony Holohan has penned an emotional open letter to his hordes of online detractors, assuring them that as a doctor, he knows ways to make them ‘sing in pain’ that they’ve never encountered before, WWN can report. It was a busy week for Holohan on the open letter front, as he also… Read more »
MINISTER for Health Stephen Donnelly confirmed he is to continue to do himself no favours by retaining his tried and mistrusted policy of just saying whatever pops into his head, making no allowances for the fact he might be on national radio or TV when he doing so. The news comes after Donnelly mentioned his… Read more »