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# Dignity

Last year
2022
Over 110 complaints made to ambulance service last year, with almost half in Munster
A spokeswoman said the National Ambulance Service receives over 365,000 emergency calls a year.
All time
'It's about creating a system that's kind': HSE piloting scheme for homeless patients in hospitals
It comes as new stats show over 2,000 cases where a homeless person has been discharged from hospital in the past seven years.
Cork three-year-old waiting for wheelchair forced to spend time on the ground on all fours
His parents say that his dignity and safety are compromised daily.
Ward of court system is 'inadequate, archaic and has no place in the 21st Century'
A new report published today says there is “confusion and lack of understanding” around the whole system.
11 memories all Waterford people have of Dignity
(Insert “losing dignity” joke here.)
Japan apologises to women forced to be sex slaves for WWII soldiers
The Korean women were forced into military-run brothels.
'He was traumatised': Beaumont Hospital apologises over care provided to Gerry Feeney
His family are calling for a hospital ombudsman be set up.
Court hears how sex worker killed by ex-soldier was a 'loving carer' to her mother
Jimmy Devaney is set to be sentenced in two week’s time.
Woman gives birth on board migrant boat in the Mediterranean
The 25-year-old mother was making her way to Europe from Cameroon.
Complaints of 'failing to treat patients with dignity' against doctors have doubled
The number of complaints against qualified doctors is down in general however.
Opinion: Planning for loss of mental capacity should be as automatic as making a will
Making an advanced healthcare directive is good sense – serious illness, brain injury, accident or stroke could render any one of us incapacitated.
Here's how this bus could change homeless people's lives
There are over 3,500 people living on the streets in San Francisco.
Column: Economic rights are just as vital to a democracy as civil rights
We must rail against the insidious notion that moral norms are not rights at all but, rather, privileges bestowed upon us by our kindly masters, writes Dr Tom Hickey.
Byrne: Help people in Irish hospitals die with dignity
The Hollywood star was speaking at the launch of the Irish Hospice Foundation’s Design and Dignity Fund in the USA.
Poll: Do you think the law should be changed to allow for assisted suicide?
A man in Canada recorded a video eight days before he died asking for the laws on assisted suicide to be changed – what’s your view?
Column: I cried when I heard about the mobility allowance cut - I can't take any more
The mobility grant gave me and my husband the chance to lead independent lives, with dignity, writes Miriam Murphy, who says this government are chipping away at the help for people with disabilities.
'Unwanted' Indian girls change their names in special ceremony
Almost 300 girls who were called Nakusa (or Unwanted) at birth have changed their names in India.