Caring for cancer patients after cyberattack like working with your hands tied behind your back Without vital patient information to hand, oncologists can do little to progress treatment
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Caring for patients as a cancer doctor after the cyberattack on HSE systems is like “working with your hands tied behind your back”, says Dr Miriam O’Connor, a consultant oncologist at University Hospital Waterford.
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Housing
1. Irish banks and vulture funds are understood to have hundreds of properties on their books lying vacant,
According to the figures supplied to
The Journal, three of the country’s main banks have around 600
vacant properties on their books, though some are sale agreed.
Last week, the government scrambled to roll out measures to clip the wings of the investment funds buying up hundreds of properties and locking regular buyers out, we also heard that a vacant property tax could be on the cards – years after
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VACCINATED Brits will still have to self-isolate for ten days after coming into contact with someone with Covid-19 after restrictions lift.
According to the Telegraph, the rule will remain in place even after June 21, when the Government aims to axe all Covid restrictions.
It comes as Brits were urged NOT to jet off to amber list countries, including Spain, after the nation today opened its borders to visitors.
Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic will be declared OVER if it’s proven vaccines have stopped hospital admissions rising, a top Oxford jab doctor has claimed.
Professor Andrew Pollard, from the University of Oxford, told BBC Radio 4’s
Professor Alan Irvine, President of the IHCA, said that the solution is obvious , adding that Government must appoint more consultants quickly to prevent any further setbacks to the healthcare system.
“Treating cancer requires speed and efficiency. While Ireland has some of the best oncologists and doctors in the world, with the sheer number of vacant consultant posts there is only so much that they can achieve, he said on Monday.
“Waiting lists are lengthening. Smaller teams are being burnt out. Older consultants are retiring. Meanwhile, Ireland’s population is growing and aging, and the general incidence of cancers is increasing.