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Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler TD will visit Donegal this Friday to open the Ballyshannon Community Hospital. The €36.7 million facility… The post B...

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There were more than 4,300 cancellations at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) last year, according to Sinn Fein. Referring to the… The post Over 4,300 LUH cancellations last year ‘not a...

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A Letterkenny oncologist has joined a group ‘wake-up call’ to the Taoiseach, warning that cancer survival rates will decrease without… The post Letterkenny consultant sounds alarm on crit...

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A Donegal councillor has said it is ‘ridiculous’ that the HSE does not co-fund a local family support charity with… The post Donegal family charity inundated with referrals is neglected b...

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An award-winning documentary on women’s hidden struggles with endometriosis will be screened in Letterkenny this April. ‘Below the Belt’, executive… The post Letterkenny screening for d...

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The new President of the Irish Medical Organisation, Dr. Denis McCauley, has called for a substantial increase in the number… The post Donegal GP calls for action on ‘frighteningly long’ ...

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Stranorlar GP Dr Denis McCauley, who is the new President of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), has warned that Ireland… The post New IMO President warns doctor shortage not being addresse...

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Donegal Coroner and Stranorlar GP Dr. Denis McCauley will be appointed as the new President of the Irish Medical Organisation… The post Donegal GP to become new IMO president today appeared ...

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Forty percent of babies at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) are now delivered by caesarean section, a new report has revealed. … The post Almost half of babies at LUH delivered by caesa...

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The HSE is urging members of the public to use all care options available to them over Easter weekend. They… The post Public urged to consider all care options over Bank Holiday appeared fir...

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The INMO has raised serious concerns for the health and safety of nursing staff during the HSE’s current recruitment moratorium.… The post HSE recruitment freeze raised with WRC amid seriou...

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Four residents of a Moville disability group home have won the 2024 ‘Journal of Research in Nursing’ poster prize. Moville… The post Moville group home residents scoop national poster awa...

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Donegal County Council is set to write to the HSE pleading that no more Primary Care Centres be closed in… The post Intervention sought to keep village health centres open appeared first on ...

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Letterkenny University Hospital has begun outsourcing blood samples due to a lack of capacity in the Blood Science Department. The… The post Letterkenny University Hospital outsourcing bloodw...

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Donegal woman and breast cancer patient, Edel Curran from Letterkenny is calling on her local community to go all in… The post Letterkenny nurse shares her breast cancer journey to inspire ot...

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The impact of alcohol on women’s health is to be unveiled at an International Women’s Day event in Letterkenny this… The post ‘Dirty little secrets’ of alcohol industry to be exposed ...

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The HSE has said there are no plans to cut public health nursing services from Fahan Health Centre. It follows… The post Public health nurse to remain at Fahan Health Centre appeared first o...

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Parents of children with scoliosis are losing faith in the government due to lengthy delays in vital spinal surgery, the… The post Government accused of broken promises as children wait years...

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The HSE has stressed it is working to restore physiotherapy services in east Donegal ‘as soon as possible.’ The health… The post HSE working to restore Finn Valley physio service ‘as so...

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Independent TD Thomas Pringle has welcomed the opening of the new Ballyshannon Community Hospital. However, he says, there is still… The post New Ballyshannon hospital welcomed but Donegal ha...

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