AI can enhance colorectal surgery, study reports
Partnership, supported by Disruptive Technologies and Innovation Fund, working to deliver a new fluorescence guidance
Fluorescence guidance where a fluorescent chemical compound re-emits light with a long wavelength can enable a colorectal surgeon to assess cancer tissues visually and with more specificity in real-time during surgery by utilising near-infrared (NIR) light from an administered fluorophore in conjunction with artificial intelligence (AI) methods, an Irish study is reporting.
Supported by the Disruptive Technologies and Innovation Fund 2018, the Department of Chemistry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) University of Medicine and Health Sciences is working in partnership with the University College Dublin (UCD) Centre for Precision Surgery and IBM Research Europe to deliver a new fluorescence guidance technique for colorectal cancer surgery. In a study published in December’s British Journal of Su
The woman in her 40s was serious assaulted when she was robbed on the pedestrian walkway, between Georges Dock and Custom House Quay, on Wednesday night at approximately 9.30pm.
The woman received serious injuries in the incident and was taken to The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital where she remains in a serious condition.
Gardaí earlier appealed for any persons who may have witnessed the incident or who were in the vicinity of Custom House Quay, George s Dock, Harbourmaster Place or Connolly Train station, Amiens Street, Dublin 1 between 9.15pm and 10pm on the night of Wednesday, 20 January to contact them.
They also called on any individuals that may have camera footage of this incident or surrounding locations to make this footage available to Gardaí.
‘Large and significant increase’ sought in numbers of Intensive Care Consultants
Workforce report issued in tandem with Government commitment on ICU bed capacity
A large and significant increase in the numbers of consultants and trainees is required to meet intensive care medicine (ICM) requirements for the next five to 10 years, underlines a new workforce report which seeks an expansion in numbers from 13 to 58 ICM Consultants.
Phased expansion plans, under five day or seven day working week models, pressed for “a large but necessary expansion in consultant numbers”.
A total of 138 Consultants were contributing to adult ICM in the public sector in 2020. This comprised three groups providing Intensive Care Medicine care in Ireland.
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UNIVERSITY Hospital Limerick is to receive an additional six critical care beds in 2021, the Minister for Health has announced.
Stephen Donnelly, TD, has this Friday revealed details of a strategic multi-year plan to expand adult critical care capacity nationwide from 255 beds to 446 beds.
Work on Phase One of the plan has already begun and will see 321 adult critical care beds in place by the end of 2021, compared to 255 at the start of this year. This figure includes six beds at University Hospital Limerick.
The additional beds will be funded by €52 million allocated in Budget 2021. This funding will also allow for education and training initiatives to increase the critical care workforce and for investment in critical care retrieval services.