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New Concern for DePuy Patients that will last a lifetime
DePuy patients will need annual blood checks for metal ions for the rest of their lives following an investigation by the British Medical Journal and BBC Newsnight in recent days. The report outlines that metal on metal hip implant patients will need annual blood...
Will the State compensate sufferers of Narcolepsy from Pandemrix swine flu vaccine?
A swine flu vaccine called Pandemrix has been suspected of causing narcolepsy. Pandemrix was supplied to 30 million people in the European Union as a vaccine against the H1N1 version of swine flu. On the 24th of August Finland suspended its national vaccination...
New Proposals to help Borrowers stay in their homes
In a recent blog I discussed proposals under the Personal Insolvency Bill to assist people who are struggling with their mortgages. This week my blog will discuss suggested changes to the Bill and recommendations submitted by the Inter-Departmental Working Group on...
Patients Suffer when the Cure is worse than the Cause
In the last week narcolepsy and the swine flu vaccine has been very topical, but you may be wondering what it is all about. In August 2010 the European Medicines Agency began to investigate a possible link between the swine flu vaccine and narcolepsy, following an...
Health Fears and Legal Time Limits for 1,500 Irish Women after faulty breast implants
It is believed that up to 1,500 Irish women who received defective breast implants may face alarming health risks. The defective implants were produced by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP). Over 300,000 women worldwide received the PIP implants before the...
DePuy Hip Implant Patients – Don’t Miss Your Date! – 26th August 2012
THERE IS NOW LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS REMAINING for those affected by the DePuy Hip Recall to lodge a claim. As many people will be aware, on the 26th August 2010 DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., a division of Johnson & Johnson, announced a worldwide recall of two of it’s...
Irish Patients wait for answers after defective ventilation devices recalled
Covidien Plc, a medical device company based in Dublin, recalled up to 330,000 surgical ventilation devices on 18th July 2012. The devices, called the cuffed Shiley 8LPC, 8FEN tracheostomy tubes, were used during surgery to create an airway and pathway to remove...
Deadline Looms for DePuy Hip Implant Recall Patients
Many of you will have read our previous blogs about the DePuy hip implant recall. There is now only a FEW WEEKS remaining for a number of those affected by the recall to lodge a claim. 3,282 Irish patients were fitted with DePuy ASR hip implants. Experts have found...
When Your Marriage Does Not Last For As Long As You Both Shall Live
If you are faced with marriage breakdown, and the uncertainty that comes with it, it is important for you to know what options are available. When we are approached by someone who is going through difficulties in their marriage the first thing we explore is the...