In those transitory spaces in the hospital, where you think you can breathe a sigh of relief, don’t
Orla Tinsley
Orla Tinsley columns
Don’t let healthcare surroundings determine how you feel. Make the space your own with a few home comforts and items of self-care
There must be accountability, and removal and retraining of staff who create danger for patients in their care
Medical gaslighting after a serious injury makes recovery a long, tortuous road
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The Human Tissue Bill has taken 15 years to reach committee stage but it promises to be a milestone for donors and those in need of organs
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In the Irish Health service, it is up to the patient to make the space-time continuum between the then of the appointment and the now of the pain work
As anyone with a chronic illness knows, hospital is not a holiday, it’s more of a gladiator match
Here I am swimming around in death, and hope and transplant, but something gloriously gloomy is already afoot
The irony is, before I was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease, I mostly avoided fast food
We cannot have a fully functioning national CF service in Ireland until we can fully support our heart and lung transplant service and all that comes with it
We need art on every centimetre of Ireland’s hospital walls, and artists-in-residence to bring nonsecular, open-hearted warmth to our medical spaces
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