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NEW FIGURES SHOW that the total waiting list for inpatient and day case treatments nationally stands at 44,900.
There are 5,829 people waiting over 8 months for treatment, despite the government’s target to ensure that no one is waiting longer than this by the end of 2013.
The new figures were published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund. Commenting on them today, Ian Carter, HSE Director Designate of Acute Hospitals said that earlier this year hospitals were under “considerable pressure due to overcrowding in Emergency Departments. with increased admissions”.
He said this increase, in particular of older people requiring a longer than average stay, caused a slowdown in the delivery of elective treatments.
The HSE said Carter is now working closely with hospital Chief Executives to optimise the use of hospital capacity to reduce waiting times as a matter of urgency.
“Detailed work is underway in matching available capacity with the need for treatments,” he said. “Hospitals are being required to maximise the delivery of treatments ensuring that the longest waiters are treated first; once the most urgent cases are dealt with.”
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For a very advanced country they do have some barbaric practises. No need to hunt whales these days we have no need for the oil etc harvested from these creatures.
@Kerry Blake: pity that boat wouldn’t topple over
@Kerry Blake: Like Switzerland allowing cat and dog meat to be sold to the public. They let themselves down with these barbaric practices.
@Kerry Blake: Greed is the worst trait of humanity as is senseless killing.
Why are they allowed hunt any at all? Why is any country able to hunt whales? Should he banned and come with strict penalties if you do so.
@Acedeuce: who would enforce these penalties though? Norway can do what they like.
@Hugh Jass: Coastguard
@Tweety McTweeter: which coastguard? Their own?
@Hugh Jass: Not on the open seas they can’t – people think they can – easily enforceable – as they don’t exactly have a big navy.
@Tweety McTweeter: Coastguard? Hahahaha. Ah, I needed that.
@Austin Rock: I meant what penalties would be put on the country Norway and who would be enforcing these penalties?
@Austin Rock: The open Sea? No one owns the open Sea outside of their own territorial limits. No one country has the right to enforce anything in international waters. Your point is daft.
@Tweety McTweeter: You honestly think the Norwegian Coastguard would act against it’s own whaling industry?!
Shocking just shocking
Time to boycott Norway’s exports until it stops whaling.
@Tom Tony Byrne: What do they export aside from fuel?
@George Oscar Bluth: fish
@Tom Tony Byrne: Don’t kid yourself Tom. If a whale ever got the chance, he’d kill you and everyone you care about!
@Ron North: and more power to the whale.
Terrible barbaric practice….EU should impose sanctions on Norway if that go ahead with this….Norway has really one export oil sold by Sratoil….Should be a boycott on Sratoil products….
@John003: Norway are not in the EU
@Shaun Gallagher: he didn’t say they were
@Shaun Gallagher: EU has sanctions against Russia last time I checked Russia is not in the EU…Noway is in the EU customs union
Theyre right. I think were done with wales. It was ok for a while but its time to be realistic
@Tony Dowling: yeah we need to focus on Scotland today.. Going to be tough
@Tony Dowling: I love hunting the Welsh!
Norway is also in the process of wiping out its tiny wolf and bear population – appears to be as many red-necks there as rural Alabama
Progress of a kind I guess.
They should try realise though that it’s a quota, not target!
Good job pigs and cows are dopey or we’d take umbrage with their slaughter.
@K D’Arcy: Big difference is that cows and pigs are specifically bred for human consumption. They are not endangered like many whales are.
@K D’Arcy: Big difference is that cows and pigs are specifically bred for human consumption. They are not endangered like many whales are.
@Pilib O Muiregan: Minke whales aren’t endangered though.
@The Bob: I think you’re taking the minke at this stage.
If cows could read they’d be disappointed no one writes an article for them.
@Scott Crossfield:
There is!!
Plenty of articles on the Internet on how to cook a nice juicy steak exactly how you like it.
Get a grip Norway!
Unless your vegan, been against whale killing is a bit hypocritical, that bacon in your sandwich came from an animal that was created to be eaten. Raised in cages, in constant fear, and butchered when old enough. Then there’s halal, throat cut and left to bleed out, male chickens thrown into a grinder while still alive so you can have your omelette. Check your own eating practices before climbing on that high horse.
@Joe Ryan: Not really – many Whale species are endangered
@Joe Ryan: fairly stupid comment mate unless I’m eating endangered chickens.
@Stephen Sj O’Byrne: Norway do not hunt endangered species of whales, and there are qoutas on it, and more food for the other whales, why do you think the whales follows fishingboats? they get loads of food, its why they thrive and are not endangered. If their species would drops in numbers, Norway will take that into consideration, and try to help and rebuild the population of them. I do not like the whaling we do either, but there are two sides of this. and the population is regulated, to the best for nature as well. This is what nature is, there is always something praying on you, we just happen to be on the top of the food chain, and therefor should be responsible people, rational thinkers, and protectors of the world.
Disgusting. I just can’t understand how anyone could hunt such beautiful, majestic creatures. Shameful Norway.
Ancient life alive and well in the present
But it’s okay for the rest of the world to deplete the fish in the oceans..
What is the difference between catching a whale, or catching a cod, plaice, tuna or salmon? If the Minke whale is not a protected species then why should its fishing be looked down upon?
Unless your some dali llama walter mitty, please get off the high horse. Its their culture boss.
Just a simple question (not another hysterical judgement based on zero facts) . What’s ‘in’ whales that make them worth hunting ? Is it meat ? I seem to recall that some gland extract is used to make perfume .
@John Quill: it’s mainly for the meat. You can buy it in Norwegian supermarkets. A small amount is exported
Save whales, kill babies.
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