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HEALTH MINISTER SIMON Harris has announced that his department’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) has requested the HSE stop the use of all procedures involving transvaginal mesh devices in public hospitals.
The pause on the use of the mesh will cover the management of Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) or Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) where it is safe to do so.
This announcement follows a review by the Department of Health together with the HSE and the Health Products Regulatory Agency (HPRA), of the decision by health authorities in England and Northern Ireland to pause the use of mesh in those countries until a set of conditions to mitigate the risks of injury are met.
Thousands of women across the world have suffered complications after having a vaginal mesh device implanted. These devices, made with polypropylene – a type of plastic – are used in surgeries to address stress urinary incontinence and pelvic prolapse, conditions women can suffer after natural childbirth.
These complications include chronic pain and recurrent urinary tract infections and have been life-changing in many cases. Some women have reported that the mesh device moved and eroded through the walls of their vaginas, causing pain and resulting in further surgeries to remove sections of the mesh.
A statement from Minister Harris said:
“There is understandable public and patient anxiety about the ongoing safety of mesh devices following the considerable publicity that this issue has received and this has been heightened by recent developments in the NHS.
“It is important that this be addressed as comprehensively as possible. A pause on the use of mesh procedures, pending confirmation by the Executive that the key recommendations below have been implemented, is now considered proportionate and necessary to provide public assurance that these procedures are being carried out in accordance with internationally accepted good practice.”
Melanie Power, solicitor and the founder of the Mesh Survivors Ireland support group said:
“Mesh Survivors Ireland are relieved that finally there is a recognition of the appalling and life altering injuries caused by mesh for both stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. women had to take to the streets and discuss their most intimate issues in media in order for these complications to be recognised. We look forward to meeting with Minister Harris in August to hear the pathways that will be put in place for women with mesh complications as currently women are paying privately to go to the UK for treatment.”
This pause should remain in place until the HSE confirms implementation of recommendations relating to training, informed consent and the development of an agreed dataset of mesh procedures.
Patients affected by the cancellation will be contacted by the HSE as soon as possible to advise them that their surgery has been postponed. Concerned patients are advised to contact their consultant.
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Sinn fein are the second biggest party Fine Gael only came 3rd
@Kevin O Brien: and?
@Kevin O Brien: Joy to the world the IRA party are never going to be in power down here no thanks to the Dodgy meetings in Belfast ruling down south
@Alan Power: And Welcome back Jim/Doe …. ye can change yer names but not change how ye sound and what ye say …
@Tim Brennan: The GFA was over a quarter a century ago.. why do you not accept it ?
@Michael Collins: it doesn’t erase their stained history of a campaign of murder, maiming and raping of innocent kids
@Michael Collins: he’s not smart enough to even change the terminology he uses
@Kevin O Brien: and……..
@Alan Power: who’s this the British army? They sure do have a stained history. and they have the neck to call others terrorists
@CP: British army are legitimate, Ra thugs are a proscribed terrorist shower of cowards, who murdered more of their own than any other group
@Michael Collins: Gerry Adams says and repeats they haven’t gone away you know
@Tim Brennan: So thats a no then !! .. no surprises there.. it walks and talks like a west-brit … its a west-brit.
@CP: They weren’t killing their own. Some of the “Disappeared” for no apparent reason. Killing a mother and making no provision for the children.
@Kevin O Brien: SF third on 1st preference votes. 42% for FG and FF – 19% for SF.
@Michael Collins: yawn ….. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
@Alan Power: Ira Ira Ira blah blah blah, do you think FF and FG were born innocent??? Clown!
@Alan Power: no that was a member of the FG party trafficking women and children,,,
@Dave G Doe: so are you,,,
I’m not sure her constituents are going to be overly impressed
@Dermot Blaine: Why, can’t she do what other Independent TDs do for their constituents and work behind closed doors.
@Noelyj: she can’t speak in the Dail except as CC, can’t oppose or propose legislation or amendments. She is in effect leaving her constituents unrepresented in the Dail by an independent voice, which is what they presumably voted for. It’s a pretty full on time consuming job leaving little time for anything else.
@Dermot Blaine: Yes….. they obviously wanted her to hop into the FF/FG bed…. Could end up going the same was as Donnelly.
@Jp Cleary: how? She automatically gets her seat after next election
@Jp Cleary: sorry….way.
@Dermot Blaine: She couldn’t careless she’s on a quarter of a million plus and is FG bred born and reared. The only reason she’s not in that party she couldn’t keep her mouth shut. This is a good way to keep her quiet
@Tim Brennan: yes indeed, she has guaranteed her job as a td for the next 8 years while doing nothing for her constuency. Not sure how that will go down in Wexford.
@Tim Brennan: like the outgoing FF fat waste of space
@Alan Power: What do you suggest? Another SF import from the North like Donnelly ( aka Ó’Donnghaile ).
@Noelyj: one trick ponies
@Vincent Alexander: oh so now we are imports if we come from the north is it?
@sean weir: Yes.
With so many things coming back in style, I can’t wait until morals, respect and intelligence become a trend again.
@Tom Moylan: And you could add Integrity there as well, it is sadly missing .
@Tom Moylan: Don’t hold your breath!
@Tom Moylan: don’t hold your breath I’m afraid
This is another attempt by Martin to Dominate power , he is instructing his PP to vote for a particular person. Now some years ago it was decided that the appointment of Ceann Comhairle would be by SECRET BALLOT. , free from the Party Whip. Now we have Martin trying to bypass this and tell party members who to vote for. I just hope that FF members with a bit of Gumption and Guts are capable of standing on there own two feet and deciding for themselves . But,— I’m fairly sure that there are several hoping to slidder into Ministerial jobs by impressing the BOSS. For the good of the Country will ye stand up and be counted for once .
Oh well … another racist in the dail
Well it’s great to see we have moved on from gombeen politics isn’t it. You know we are such gullible and nieve people to give these tramps the time of day. It’s all so cosy. Put in an independent. They will all then vote for us. We are some idiots of a nation.
At least it’s not a shinner
I welcome this, wholeheartedly, a fantastic TD and soon to be a fantastic CC too
@Alan Power: Welcome back Jim/Doe …. ye can change yer names but not change how ye sound and what ye say …
@Michael Collins: don’t let it get in on you, take a diazapam and you’ll be grand
@Alan Power: Dare ya to say something vile and nasty!! I know your dying too !! You can’t help yourself, is your true nature!!
Imagine growing up wanting to be a Troll ? Is it all you dreamed it would be ? Oh and btw LOL.
@Alan Power: Oh never mind, i see you already did. .. strike 1 ya tool.. hopefully when I back from a few pints, you already be banned again.. LOL
@Michael Collins: relax
@Michael Collins: go away out of that, you’re afraid to leave the house lol
225,000e x 5 , then re elected.
Anyone could do that job, same as keeping order at a children’s party!
You’d need an interpreter if O’Snodaigh got the gig !! Thick Dublin accent!!
A sure she is grand girl and will make good house speaker a change from the auld fuddy dudies we are used to hearing.
@Ned: she ain’t no grand girl, fine gael to the bone. She’ll fit in well, just feathering her own nest and taking back handers. Not a woman to be trusted. Very snakey phucker.
100.000 murdered people were found just in one mass grave in Syria. Nobody from FF/FG/SF says anything about genocide nor running to the court. Very soon everyone will witness the real genocide of Kurds. That is how exactly palestinian terrorists viciously supported around because they absolutely cannot do anything else in life.
@Sergej Simonov: anti semites only object when jews are defending themselves, Iran and Russia can kill as many as they like, FF FG trying to out Shinner the shinners, that’s what you get when you have a school drop out who’s failed upwards running the country, in years to come he’ll only be remembered for his ridiculous stern look when trying to appear serious, absolute embarrassment
And the lesson for today is, don’t waste your vote on an independent, instead waste it on one of the other parasites
A bit like yourself maybe it takes one to know one?
We need more bleedin ink cartridges jem wat.Dem is all gone
An acceptable ‘porcine’ has been decided on, following furious jostling, at the ‘trough’ of endless State delights.
Scandalous salary
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