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Health Care Informed (HCI), based in Galway and Dublin, international provider of patient safety and quality improvement support services, has been appointed as advisor to the Supreme Council of Health (SCH), Qatar.

Mayo Fine Gael TD Deputy Michelle Mulherin has said that Budget 2014 will protect middle and lower income families and hailed the announcement in this week’s Budget that free GP care will be provided to all children aged five and under.

Labour General Election candidate Dr Jerry Cowley is calling on the Equality Authority to address what he has dubbed “the blatant discrimination” against older people by VHI who have raised their premium levels for older people.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has strongly criticised the announcement by the VHI to increase premiums this year by up to 45 per cent.

A local city councillor has warned that the massive hike in VHI premiums will result in more people reducing or dropping their private health insurance which will put additional pressure on the already overburdened public healthcare system.

The revelation that more than 200 public patients are waiting over 12 months for colonoscopies at hospitals across the country would indicate that the HSE has learned nothing from the death of Susie Long, stated Councillor Michael O’Brien.