What is wrong with DePuy hips?
The main problem with defective DePuy hips is the design failure.
DePuy litigation
It is essential to know that the Injuries Board has no role in the DePuy hip scandal.
Bother your Aarhus?
A friend tells this writer that the Minister has authorized a seismic survey off the west coast of Ireland.
Medical Negligence – the Statute of Limitations
There are no extensions of time available for victims of medical negligence, unlike victims of road traffic accidents who get extensions of time in the Personal Injuries Assessment Board system.
Faulty PIP Breast Implants, the CMO and assessing risk
We have already written critically about the Chief Medical Officer’s proposal to decide how, where and whether women with PIP Breast Implants should receive medical attention.
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How Irish MEPs Voted on ACTA
Voted in Favour of ACTA None Voted Against ACTA Emer Costello, Paul Murphy, Liam Alyward, Nessa Childers, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Marian Harkin, Phil Prendergast Abstained on ACTA Gay Mitchell, Mairead McGuinness, Sean Kelly, Jim Higgins No Vote Recorded on
PIP Breasts Implants: Response to the CMO Statement
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO has today taken the unprecedented step of issuing a joint statement with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) regarding the treatment of women who were given faulty PIP Breast Implants.
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Statement by the Chief Medical Officer on PIP Breast Implants
“Since concerns were first raised in March 2010 regarding the issue of breast implants, provided by the now defunct French company Poly Implant Prosthese (PIP), the clear priority of the Department of Health has been to try and ensure that
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