BBC Brian Smyth said Belfast City Council workers are lifting hundreds of used needles each month A proposed trial to install a waste needle bin in Belfast city centre is not a “silver bullet” but one step to dealing with drugs issues in the city, a councillor has said. Brian Smyth was speaking ahead of … Read more
Image source, PacemakerImage caption, Why decisions were taken about what happened in Northern Ireland hospitals during the pandemic will be one of the things examined by the inquiry By Marie-Louise Connolly BBC News NI health correspondent “Watching Covid patients say goodbye to their families via a Zoom call was difficult and extremely emotional.” Dr George … Read more
“Unflappable” Jimmy turns 80 next month and is still working in intensive care at a Belfast hospital. Source link
In the 1970s and 1980s up to 30,000 people were given contaminated blood across the UK. Source link
The loss comes as the Blood Transfusion service calls on eligible donors to come forward to donate. Source link
Three hundred homes will be tested after a small study found some water samples exceeded the UK limit. Source link
The woman, named locally as Jody Keenan, 39, had been out with friends in Newry when she collapsed. Source link
A Belfast man marking 10 years since his diagnosis urges people to be aware of symptoms. Source link