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Tanaiste raises Savita HIQA report in the Dail
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Tánaiste says the report into the care given to Savita Halappanavar at UHG before her death spares no-one – from the hospital ward to the Minister for Health.
The 31 year old died on October 28th last, seven days after her admission t a gynaecology ward.
Eamon Gilmore’s told the Dáil that the report from the Health Information and Quality Authority begs the question ‘was someone not doing their job’.
The report says that 13 occasions were missed when staff should have been able to prevent Ms. Halappanavar’s death and that she was deprived of basic care in Galway University Hospital.
Eamon Gilmore’s told the Dáil that very fundamental questions are raised by the report.
The Health Service Executive say they fully accept that a failure in clinical judgement caused the death of Savita Halappanavar.
The HSE say they welcome the findings of the HIQA report which identified 13 missed opportunities to detect her deterioration.
The body say that all recommendations in the report will be implemented across the country’s 19 maternity hospitals.
National Director of Quality and Patient Safety with the HSE is Dr Philip Crowley.
The Chairman of the Regional Health Forum West is calling for staff to stand down following the report HIQA report
Mayor of Galway Padraig Conneely wants a meeting on the issue to he held at Merlin Park in the next fortnight.
The Minister for Health says no staffing issue can explain away the lack of basic clinical care given to Savita Halappanavar.
James Reilly says he believes more maternity staff are required – but he also needs to make sure the right staff are in the right areas.
Minister Reilly also expressed concern about the similarities between Savita’s death and the death of Garda Tanya McCabe at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda six years ago – saying lessons have not been learned since then.
James Reilly says a lack of staff is not a good enough explanation.
The death has occurred of the former Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora Martin Drennan, six years after he announced his retirement on health grounds. He was aged 78.
The Galway Diocesan Office confirmed the death this (Saturday) afternoon of the Bishop and Apostolic Administrator Emeritus, who oversaw the Diocese for eleven years.
Born on January 2, 1944 in Piltown, County Kilkenny, he studied for the priesthood at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, from where he was ordained to the priesthood in 1968. His brother Michael is also a priest.
Following his ordination, he continued his studies in Rome where he was awarded a Licentiate in both sacred theology and sacred scripture. He returned to Rome in 1980 to become spiritual director at the Pontifical Irish College for the next five years.
He became a lecturer in sacred scripture at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, where he continued to teach until his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin in 1997 with responsibility for East Wicklow and South Dublin.
Following the retirement of Bishop James McLoughlin, Bishop Drennan was appointed Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora and he was installed on July 3, 2005 in Galway Cathedral.
Outgoing Cllr Terry O’Flaherty (Ind) is on course to retain her City Council seat – and top the poll in City East.
With 33% of the boxes tallied, Cllr O’Flaherty is polling strongly, particularly in Renmore.
Michael John Crowe is ahead of his running mate Alan Cheevers for the Fianna Fáil vote, according to the early figures, although that could change when Doughiska and Roscam boxes are opened.
The Green Party’s Claire Hillery is on about 7%, with Fine Gael on 10% and Sinn Fein on 5%.
The opening of boxes for the local elections began at 9am this morning in Leisureland when the tallymen (and women) kicked into gear.
As regards the Galway County Council elections, the smaller areas are being opened first which means that the four-seater Connemara North boxes will be first in the pecking order.
It will be followed by Gort-Kinvara (5 seats), Connemara South (5 seats), Athenry-Oranmore (7 seats), Ballinasloe (6 seats), Loughrea (5 seats) and finally Tuam (7 seats).
The boxes in these areas will be opened and tallied in that particular order before being transferred to the Galway Lawn Tennis Club on Threadneedle Road where the counting will commence around mid-morning.
That is when the fun will really begin – although the tallies should give a good indication as to where most of the seats are destined.
As regards the city, the Galway City East boxes were opened first, followed by Galway City Central and finally Galway City West. These votes will be transferred to the Westside Centre by around 11am for counting.
There are 39 seats on Galway County Council to be filled with 18 on Galway City Council. The City Council count is expected to conclude on Saturday night but the County Council count – with seven electoral areas to be filled – could well go into Monday.
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