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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Rebecca Black

Certain day labelled deadliest for heart attacks in Ireland as doctors give reason why

Deadly heart attacks are more common on Mondays across Ireland, new research has indicated.

The research conducted by doctors at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is set to be presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) conference in Manchester.

They analysed data of 10,528 patients across the island, including 7,112 in the Republic of Ireland, 3,416 in Northern Ireland, who were admitted to hospital between 2013 and 2018 with the most serious type of heart attack.

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