Early onset of Winter activity across Children’s Health Ireland hospitals
Children’s Health Ireland Statement – Winter activity across CHI October 2021 Early onset of Winter activity across Children’s Health Ireland hospitals Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) is seeing a significant increase in the number of young children and infants presenting to […]
Read MoreHappy Lámh day from all in CHI
Children’s Health Ireland is delighted to be celebrating Lámh Day 2021 The theme of this year’s Lámh Day is “Where do you Lámh?” Lámh is a manual sign system used by children and adults with intellectual disability and […]
Read MoreChildren’s Health Ireland Clinical Research Centre (CHI-CRC) one of five Clinical Research Facilities in Ireland to benefit from HRB investment of €22 million as announced today
CHI-CRC is one of five clinical research facilities/centres around Ireland receiving funding from the Health Research Board to drive participation in clinical trials. The funding will enable CHI to attract international paediatric clinical trials to Ireland and support Irish paediatric […]
Read MoreNew gene therapy to treat children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy approved in Ireland. Development welcomed by Children’s Health Ireland, St James’s Hospital and Trinity College following first successful clinical trials on four Irish babies and children
Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), St. James’s Hospital and Trinity College Dublin have welcomed the news today that the HSE has agreed a reimbursement price on Zolgensma gene replacement therapy for the treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) in children. The […]
Read MoreNational Breastfeeding Week 4th – 8th October 2021
It is widely accepted that breastmilk is the preferred source of nutrition for the majority of babies. We in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) know that many breastfeeding journeys are not easy, particularly when faced with a sick baby who requires […]
Read MoreBabies with Books Read-a-thon 2021
Reading to babies while they are in hospital helps their development, not only in hospital but into infancy and childhood. A parent’s voice is a very familiar and comforting sound to babies. Parents can read every day to their baby […]
Read MoreAnother Major Milestone achieved for the new children’s hospital project with the substantial completion of the Outpatient & Emergency Care Unit, CHI at Tallaght
NPHDB hands over the new facility to Children’s Health Ireland for commissioning of services The new facilities in CHI at Tallaght to be open for services by mid-November The construction of the 4,600m² Paediatric Outpatient and Emergency Care Unit, CHI […]
Read MoreA new Butterfly Suite has opened in CHI at Temple Street
A new Butterfly Suite has opened in CHI at Temple Street. Designed to give families protected space and comfort while they navigate the impossible experience of losing a child, as a family. The development of the suite was a really […]
Read MoreCould it be Sepsis? World Sepsis Day
Today, (Monday, 13th September) on World Sepsis Day, the HSE is encouraging everyone to be aware of Sepsis and to familiarise themselves with the signs and symptoms, and most importantly to ask the question ‘Could it be Sepsis?’ Sepsis can […]
Read MoreNew research shows effects of lockdown on babies born during pandemic
Pictured: Professor Jonathan Hourihane, Baby Archie and his mum, and Ruth Franklin at clinic in CHI at Connolly. New research from Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences shows babies born during the earliest lockdown […]
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