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The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has warned that a lack of public hospital capacity and hospital Consultants across the Midlands region is resulting in increasing waiting times for treatment that is impacting on patient outcomes.

Croí, the Irish heart and stroke charity, is reminding all adults over the age of 65 years to ask their doctor for an annual stethoscope check, the call coming in advance of International Heart Valve Disease Awareness Week, September 12-18, which aims to improve diagnosis, treatment and management of heart valve disease.

Croí, the Irish heart and stroke charity, is reminding all adults over the age of 65 years to ask their doctor for an annual stethoscope check. The call comes in advance of International Heart Valve Disease Awareness Week, on September 12-18 which aims to improve diagnosis, treatment and management of heart valve disease.

In a first for Ireland, a patient at St James’s Hospital in Dublin has received a cell therapy treatment for lymphoma. This is a significant development for blood cancer patients and is the first time Chimeric Antigen Receptor –T cell (CAR-T) therapy is being delivered in Ireland.

The granting of planning permission recently for the new €650 million national children’s hospital in Dublin has been hailed as a “watershed moment” for children, young people and their families by the chief executive of the Children’s Hospital Group, who is from east Galway.

More than 2,500 Galway children may benefit from the services provided by the new €650 million national children’s hospital in Dublin, which is expected to be completed by 2019.