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Tallaght Hospital to trial wearable device for patients with severe asthma
Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) is to begin testing wearable devices which can be integrated into a digital platform for patients with severe asthma.
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Minister officially opens Ballyshannon Community Hospital
“This is a wonderful facility for the provision of older persons services in this community. It offers the most modern care in a homely and warm atmosphere. I am delighted to officially open the Ballyshannon Community Hospital, which will serve this area for generations to come,” according to Minister of State, Mary Butler, TD, as she performed the official opening of the new Co Donegal based Community Hospital in recent days.
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New €4 million HSE mental health facility for South Tipperary
“The completion and coming into operation of Haven House is the latest of investments, made over the last decade, in the provision of quality and safe mental health services for people in the South Tipperary area,” according to Mary Butler, TD, Minister of State, who performed the official opening of the facility in recent weeks.
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Arklow-based Parkinson’s Group empowers members to manage condition
“Parkinson’s disease affects everyone in different ways. There are so many ways that it affects people, so accessing something like a physiotherapy and speech group just allows people to maintain their function as it is, and manage their condition a little bit better,” according to Sean Cusack, Senor Physiotherapist, Arklow Primary Care Centre.
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New Advanced Nurse Practitioner Led Parkinson’s Clinic commences in Sligo
A new Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) led Parkinson’s Clinic has recently commenced at Sligo University Hospital (SUH). The clinic was established by SUH and Community Healthcare Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, Sligo (CDLMS) to integrate all patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease who are under the care of a Consultant Neurologist or Consultant Geriatrician at SUH or Community Healthcare CDLMS into a single ANP led clinic for assessment and follow-up care.
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Family praise emergency services for saving teenager’s life
The importance of having members of the public trained in CPR and the use of an AED (automated external defibrillator) has been highlighted following the rescue of a 13-year-old Limerick boy who suffered a cardiac arrest while playing football.