Nurses talks continue
Nurses today entered into their third day of talks. Discussions will continue over the weekend in the hope that the issue of pay and work conditions can be resolved soon (Probably before the weekend).
Parmaceutical Gifts to be monitored.
The definition of incompetence
The Mater hospital gave new definition to the word incompetence on Easter Sunday. `The mortuary team realised when they came to collect a body that the man was not, in fact dead.
Parmaceutical Gifts to be monitored.
An Oireachtas report has recommended that there be a register of all gifts received by doctors from pharmaceutical companies. The report said that they exerted an “unhealthy influence” over the medical staff.
Parmaceutical Gifts to be monitored.
An Oireachtas report has recommended that there be a register of all gifts received by doctors from pharmaceutical companies. The report said that they exerted an “unhealthy influence” over the medical staff.
This list would log any time a doctor was given anything involving long-distance travel or an overnight stay.
While the report acknowledged the importance of pharmaceuticals, it said that these gifts are contributing to the unhealthy reliance of doctors on drug treatments.
I think this is a great idea. A friend of mine’s dad got a trip to Bali from a pharmaceutical company because he did not like their drug and always perscribed a different one. I dont know if he changed his tune after his stay but surely these kind of gestures have a huge effect on medical staff (they are only human) and so, on our health. I think that it should be against the law for them to accept anything at all from a pharmaceutical. When Bertie did something like this he got a slating, so why should the doctors (who are considerabley more important than Bertie, lets be honest) be allowed??
The definition of Incompetence
The Mater hospital gave new definition to the word incompetence on Easter Sunday. `The mortuary team realised when they came to collect a body that the man was not, in fact dead.
By then the medical team had pronouncecd him dead and called his family to alert them of his loss. They were grieving when they got the call to say that he had not in fact, passed away.
The man has since left the hospital and the hospital are launcing an inquiry into the events surrounding the situation.
In Brief:
- An investigation into the running of Leas Cross Nursing Home has been set up by Mary Harney following a report on 105 deaths that happened there from 2002 to 2005. Leas Cross in in Swords, Dublin.
- We are not paying enough for nursing homes- the real cost of running a nursing home is €1,100 per week, per resident- thats € 400 more than we pay. Result: we are getting nursing homes like Leas Cross that do not live up to good international practice.
- Despite an increase in the numbers training to be pharmacists, there is expected to be a shortage of candidates for these jobs over the next five years. This is due in part to the new legislation being passed that will allow Austrailian and New Zeland pharmaceuticals to operate here. It is also due to the rise in the amount of people working part-time rather than full-time.
