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Irish Times
2 days ago
- Health
- Irish Times
HSE apologises over delay in acting on X-ray showing man aged 91 had swallowed dentures
The HSE has apologised to the family of a 91-year-old man who died with choking complications after a hospital took a week to act on an X-ray that revealed he had swallowed dentures. At the High Court sitting in Cork, Ms Justice Carmel Stewart approved a €55,000 award on Wednesday to the family of Daniel O'Leary, late of Knockbrack in Banteer, Co Cork. The court heard how on July 26th, 2022, Mr O'Leary, a resident at Kanturk Community Hospital, Co Cork, started coughing while sitting in a chair. He was uncomfortable and complained about something stuck in his throat. READ MORE He was holding his hands to his throat and his partial bottom denture of two teeth was missing. Staff went to his aid and he was transferred to University Hospital Limerick. Paramedics told doctors he had possibly inhaled a denture consisting of two lower teeth. He was examined in the emergency department, and X-rays showed no evidence of the dentures or any foreign body. Mr O'Leary was admitted to hospital. He was further assessed the following day and again a doctor found no evidence that his upper airway was obstructed. A diagnosis of respiratory sepsis was made on a background of likely aspiration due to impaired swallow. Mr O'Leary was given fluids and antibiotics intravenously. He also received oxygen therapy. He was assessed two days later when he appeared to be improving. He remained in hospital over the bank holiday weekend, with his care being taken over by a consultant physician and geriatrician on August 2nd. Ms Justice Stewart was told a chest X-ray carried out on his arrival at the hospital on July 26th was only reported on July 30th. It showed 'densities in the upper neck, likely reflecting a foreign body'. The court was told there was no evidence the X-ray report had been seen or acted on by medics in the hospital until the consultant geriatrician came on duty on August 2nd. A CT scan carried out on August 3rd did not detect any foreign body in Mr O'Leary's neck or chest. However, later that day nursing staff carried out a suctioning procedure on the patient and detected dentures in the lowest part of his throat. The ENT team removed the dentures on August 4th, 2022, nine days after he was taken to hospital. Mr O'Leary continued to deteriorate physically and his care became palliative. He was brought back to Kanturk Community Hospital where he died peacefully on August 12th, 2022. Eamon Shanahan, for his family, said they received an apology from the HSE. In the apology the health service acknowledged the delay in the review of the relevant X-ray and said it has 'learned from the incident' and implemented a recommendation identified by the coroner at the inquest concerning Mr O'Leary's death. 'We wish to apologise for the failings in the care provided and for the distress and upset that this has caused,' it said. In effect there was a week between the X-ray, which showed a potential blockage, and when it was acted upon. Ms Justice Stewart extended her condolences to Mr O'Leary's family. 'Your father had a long and fruitful life,' she said. 'There is never a good time to lose a loved one, or to endure the trauma he endured. It doesn't bear thinking about. Hopefully you can put this behind you and reflect on the good times.'
Globe and Mail
3 days ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Varex Schedules Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Earnings Release and Conference Call
Varex Imaging Corporation (Nasdaq: VREX) today announced that it will report unaudited financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2025, following the close of regular trading on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The earnings news release will be followed by a conference call at 3:00 pm Mountain Time that day. This call will be webcast live and can be accessed at the company's website at Investors can also access this conference call at 877-524-8416 from anywhere in the U.S. or 412-902-1028 from non-U.S. locations. The webcast of this call will be archived on the company's website and a replay of the call will be available from August 7th through August 21st at 877-660-6853 from anywhere in the U.S. or 201-612-7415 from non-U.S. locations. The replay conference call access code is 13754994. The listen-only webcast link is: About Varex Varex Imaging Corporation is a leading innovator, designer and manufacturer of X-ray imaging components, which include X-ray tubes, digital detectors and other image processing solutions that are key components of X-ray imaging systems, as well as X-ray imaging systems for industrial applications. With a 70+ year history of successful innovation, Varex's products are used in medical imaging as well as in industrial and security imaging applications. Global OEM manufacturers incorporate the company's X-ray sources, digital detectors, connecting devices and imaging software in their systems to detect, diagnose, protect and inspect. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Varex employs approximately 2,300 people located in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information visit
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Yahoo
TSA Issues Warning About Traveling With Pets
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) does allow passengers to travel with pets and bring them through airport security. However, there is one thing that travelers should keep in mind before bringing their pet through security. In a social media post this week, the TSA issued a warning to anybody traveling with pets at some point in the future, urging passengers not to put their pets through the TSA X-ray machines. Instead, passengers are supposed to remove their pets from their crates or carry cases and carry them through the TSA checkpoint. If your pet is prone to escape your grasp, the TSA has plans for that, as well. "Traveling with your pets this weekend? Our X-ray machines are not veterinary equipment. Please don't send your pets through our X-ray scanners! If you believe your pet may attempt an escape during screening, ask our officers about private screening option," the TSA wrote in a post on X this week. While traveling with a pet is a bit of a hassle, the TSA did make a rule change this month that will make the security checkpoint a little less stressful for everyone, pet owners included. Earlier this month, the TSA announced the end of the rule requiring passengers to remove their shoes when they go through a security checkpoint. Ever since the rule went in place back in 2006, only TSA PreCheck customers were permitted to go through airport security with their shoes on. Everyone else had to remove their shoes and place them in a bin to be scanned through the X-ray machine. So that is one less thing that you will have to worry about when traveling with your pets. However, you will still have to take your pet out of its carry case and carry it through security in your arms. TSA Issues Warning About Traveling With Pets first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 18, 2025 Solve the daily Crossword
Telegraph
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
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Daily Mail
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Fan makes 'shocking' discovery on Lorde's new X-ray album cover: 'I hope she gets some more fibre'
Lorde stunned followers when she released an X-ray of a pelvis as the cover of her latest album - but one fan has now made a 'shocking' discovery on the image. A TikTok user who goes by Aran shared a video on Friday claiming to be a 'board certified radiologist' who found something disturbing in the X-ray. Aran says the image - which shows the inside of the singer's pelvis, inter-uterine device included - also contains a 'cloudiness' which indicates 'constipation'. 'Hi everyone, I'm a board certified radiologist and there is something that I've noticed on Lorde's Virgin album cover that no one else has,' Aran began. 'So this cloudiness here is actually from faeces.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. 'While it's perfectly normal to show up on a medical X-ray, we usually only see this level of cloudiness in patients who are very blocked up or have severe constipation. 'So, while it's not necessarily a medical emergency, I can only imagine how uncomfortable it feels. 'I wish Lorde an amazing album release day, but I really hope she gets some more fibre into her diet,' they finished. While it is unclear that Aran is actually a 'certified radiologist', they are not the only fan who has made the claim Lorde's X-ray shows faeces in the bowels. One user took to X to claim their friend, who is an alleged nurse, looked at the album cover and confirmed the 'white blob' in the image was 'poop'. 'She said those white splotches to the left her of tail bone was s***,' the fan wrote. They then shared a screenshot of a text message which read: 'That like white blob on the left that's poop.' It comes after the hitmaker, 28, sent fans into a frenzy with a surprise performance at Glastonbury on Friday, which saw her whip her top off in the sweltering heat. Thousands of fans flocked to the Woodsies stage after rumours of a set from the Royals hitmaker spread around Worthy Farm. Such was the excitement that bosses announced the stage had temporarily closed due to overcrowding shortly before her set began. The singer - who previously graced The Pyramid stage in 2022 - performed all of her biggest hits from Ribs to Green Light, as well as a rendition of her new album. The show came on the same day as she dropped supporters' jaws by unveiling the cover of her new vinyl - which featured a very racy photograph. The singer had already raised eyebrows with the project's main artwork, which features an X-ray of her pelvis. However, the vinyl for Virgin - Lorde's fourth studio album and first since 2021's Solar Power - is more explicit and featured what appears to be genitals in plastic pants. Taking to social media to express their shock, some fans worried about their family members potentially seeing the NSFW cover. They shared on X: 'So the new Lorde vinyl just got delivered. I was not prepared for the insert.' While it is unclear that Aran is actually a 'certified radiologist', he is not the only fan who has made the claim Lorde's X-ray shows faeces in the bowels Another said: 'Lorde really got her cat out like that on her vinyl huh?' One more wrote: 'My Lorde vinyl is getting delivered to my parent's house I'm scared [sic].' However, not everyone was so critical of the vinyl's artwork and others described it as 'beautiful' and far from being shocking. 'A lot of you are being very weird about the Lorde vinyl cover… who tf cares if her lordeussy was out. It's just a body,' someone wrote. Others said the reaction to the vinyl was so extreme they expected it to be a lot more explicit than it actually is. 'I really thought the Lorde vinyl insert would be a lot worse than people are saying it is, you guys are kinda dramatic,' one said. Lorde is one of the highest-selling New Zealand singers of all time. Her 2013 song Royals reached number one in America, eventually being certified 14 times platinum.
