Results 1-5 of 5 for flu speaker:Keith Swanick

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ambulance Service Provision (20 Nov 2019)

Keith Swanick: ...arrival at a hospital to when the crew is ready to accept another call. In a number of hospitals, the emergency departments are completely overcrowded and this will get worse with the winter flu season approaching. This overcrowding contributes significantly to delays in ambulance turnaround. The lack of resources in rural areas is a different problem. We are not dedicating enough...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)

Keith Swanick: ...uncertainty and political chaos in Westminster, we will continue to act responsibly, to provide certainty and stability, and to put Ireland's interest first. I encourage everybody to avail of the seasonal flu vaccination. Flu is a very serious condition.Over 1,000 people die from influenza in Ireland every year. Every winter, influenza is responsible for more than 4,800 admissions to our...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)

Keith Swanick: ...of Sean Hughes from Finglas, Joe and Karen, know all about. Sean was only 15 years old when he suddenly lost consciousness while watching television with his mother and recovering from a simple flu-like illness. Despite the best efforts of his father and paramedics to resuscitate him, he died later in Temple Street Hospital. His parents are calling for a nationwide awareness campaign to...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Keith Swanick: Once again we are facing into a winter where the only things accident and emergency doctors have are flu jabs and prayers to help them with the inevitable onslaught. We have fewer hospital beds now than we had in 1980 and nearly 200 beds are out of action. These are statements we have all heard before and we can say them until we are blue in the face. An article some weeks back entitled,...

Seanad: Health Service: Statements (25 Jan 2017)

Keith Swanick: ...be provided treatment under paediatric services. There are approximately 1,600 patients with narcolepsy in Ireland. SOUND represents the people who developed the disorder as a result of the swine flu pandemrix vaccine. There are currently 80 plus members, and the funding amount of €1.6 million will provide staff, including a neurologist, a neurophysicist, a respiratory consultant,...