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How can we move towards an idea of community rather than competition for care?
In those transitory spaces in the hospital, where you think you can breathe a sigh of relief, don’t
Don’t let healthcare surroundings determine how you feel. Make the space your own with a few home comforts and items of self-care
What’s gone, what’s next, within is now all we can live for
Orla Tinsley: As I fought for life, the joy and magic of seeing Mariah Carey live, suspended in time, was something that could live forever
I bought a commode that the HSE should have provided. I paid for the hand railing the HSE should have provided
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
Orla Tinsley: I was a penniless student, but there was one kitten, King George, who melted my heart
Orla Tinsley: Social media morphs into a space to write intentionally and lyrically when picking up a pen is not an option
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
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
This account of living with MS is a work of activism as much as it is creative nonfiction, memoir and cultural criticism
Here I am swimming around in death, and hope and transplant, but something gloriously gloomy is already afoot