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# cath lab

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# heart attack care
Waterford cath lab closed to emergency cardiac care for two days due to equipment fault
The cardiac cath lab has been unable to provide services such as stenting procedures.
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Dec 21st 2017, 6:59 PM
# cath lab
Harris vows to 'expedite review' of cardiac services following protests
The Health Minister said a nationwide review will take place.
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Jul 13th 2017, 10:12 PM
# waterford cath lab
'I had a heart attack myself - if people don't get help in that first hour, they won't make it'
Around 200 people gathered outside Dáil Éireann today to call for 24-hour cardiac care for Waterford and the South-East.
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Jul 4th 2017, 5:38 PM
# cath lab
'If you have a heart attack in Waterford, Wexford or Kilkenny you should be treated the same'
Waterford man Tom Power died in an ambulance en route to Cork University Hospital having suffered a heart attack.
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Jun 26th 2017, 6:05 AM
# cath lab
Crowds gather at Waterford hospital after man dies while being transferred to Cork
A 40-year-old man from Waterford died while being transported in an ambulance to a hospital in Cork.
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Jun 23rd 2017, 7:35 PM
# cath lab
Family calls for improved cardiac services at Waterford after man dies during ambulance transfer
His sister says Thomas Power (40) wouldn’t have died had the cath lab been open on Sundays.
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Jun 20th 2017, 8:11 AM
# John Halligan
Halligan urges Fianna Fáil to call election after his mobile cath lab deal criticised
Halligan threatened to leave the minority government last year after an independent clinical review found a second lab was not justified.
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Jan 19th 2017, 9:34 AM
# UHW
Questions continue to stack up regarding cardiac services at Waterford Hospital
The recommendation not to provide a second cardiac cath lab at the hospital has caused a political rumpus that shows no signs of calming.
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Sep 27th 2016, 6:05 AM
# Political row
Doctors 'utterly reject' report into Waterford cardiac services and say lives are 'absolutely' at risk
They want to meet with Health Minister Simon Harris as soon as possible.
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Sep 14th 2016, 1:02 PM
# put me out
Fine Gael TD criticises John Halligan's 'extraordinary' comments about colleagues
An ongoing row about cardiac care services in Waterford could have serious consequences for the Government.
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Sep 11th 2016, 1:57 PM
# halligan v harris
The man who reviewed Waterford's cardiac care defends decision on no second lab
Cardiologist Dr Niall Herity has concluded that University Hospital Waterford does not need a second cath lab.
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Sep 9th 2016, 9:10 AM