# hospitals - Friday 25 March, 2022
# Covid Wave
# Covid Wave
As of 8am today, 1,466 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 55 are in ICU.
# hospitals - Thursday 24 March, 2022
# Hospitals
Covid-19 cases in hospital are up 29% in the last week. As of yesterday, there were 1,395 Covid-positive patients in hospital, with 55 in intensive care. More than 5,200 staff are currently absent due to Covid-19, the HSE's Anne O'Connor said.
# hospitals - Tuesday 22 March, 2022
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Visiting bans are in place at University Hospital Limerick and at Nenagh General Hospital.
# hospitals - Monday 14 March, 2022
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
A total of 1,042 patients are in hospital with Covid-19 currently.
# hospitals - Saturday 12 March, 2022
# Russia
# Russia
Earlier Ukraine’s foreign ministry said a mosque sheltering 80 civilians was shelled in Mariupol.
# hospitals - Wednesday 9 February, 2022
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
Nearly 600 people were waiting in hospitals around the country for a bed this morning.
# hospitals - Monday 31 January, 2022
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
The IHCA is calling for the government to address a shortage of consultants.
# hospitals - Thursday 20 January, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Click to listen to a GP, a paramedic, an emergency medicine consultant, and the head of an intensive care unit talk about how our hospitals are coping with the Omicron wave.
# hospitals - Wednesday 12 January, 2022
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
This morning, there were 439 Covid-positive patients in hospital in Northern Ireland.
# hospitals - Thursday 30 December, 2021
# Hospitals
There are 287 patients on trolleys in hospitals around the country today. As of 8am yesterday morning, 586 people were in hospital with Covid-19, 93 of whom were in ICU. Increased visitor restrictions are in place at a Limerick maternity hospital following a Covid-19 outbreak.
# hospitals - Tuesday 21 December, 2021
# Sláintecare
# Sláintecare
It is estimated that they will cater for up to 940,000 planned procedures and operations every year.
# hospitals - Monday 13 December, 2021
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
Today’s trolley figures have returned to similar pre-pandemic figures hit in 2019.
# hospitals - Sunday 12 December, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Prof Hilary Humphreys says too many of our hospitals in Ireland are cluttered and cramped which does not help containment of viruses.
# hospitals - Thursday 25 November, 2021
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
The HSE’s Paul Reid said this afternoon that the healthcare system is “under very significant pressure”.
# New Guidelines
# New Guidelines
Frontline staff have welcomed the change, saying it was “ridiculous” that people had to show a Covid cert to enter a café but not an ICU.
# hospitals - Thursday 28 October, 2021
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
Health officials yesterday confirmed 1,631 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
# hospitals - Wednesday 27 October, 2021
# Under Pressure
# Under Pressure
There are currently 513 in hospitals with the disease.
# hospitals - Tuesday 19 October, 2021
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
Taoiseach Micheal Martin said said that close to 938 beds are to be ‘delivered’ by the end of the year.
# hospitals - Saturday 16 October, 2021
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
However, he said situation in the health system is “different” than last year.
# hospitals - Wednesday 15 September, 2021
# HIQA
# HIQA
The most common error reported to Hiqa in 2020 involved exposure to the wrong person.
# hospitals - Tuesday 31 August, 2021
# Labour
# Labour
Senior health sources say new guidelines would allow partners to stay all through labour and birth in single-occupancy rooms.
# hospitals - Friday 20 August, 2021
# Transplants
# Transplants
Organ Donation and Transplant Ireland said today that patients who are unvaccinated are at very high risk of infection.
# hospitals - Sunday 15 August, 2021
# Surge
# Surge
30,000 teenagers aged 12 to 15 have received a first vaccine dose.
# hospitals - Friday 13 August, 2021
# Under Pressure
# Under Pressure
There are concerns over the numbers of unvaccinated young people and pregnant women being admitted.
# hospitals - Thursday 12 August, 2021
# Maternity
# Maternity
There has been criticism in recent months of the different approaches taken by maternity hospitals.
# hospitals - Friday 30 July, 2021
# Limerick
# Limerick
The UH Limerick CEO said the INMO claims were “disappointing” and “incorrect”.
# hospitals - Monday 26 July, 2021
# Floods
# Floods
One hospital had to cancel all planned surgery and outpatient appointments due to flooding.
# hospitals - Wednesday 7 July, 2021
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
The Taoiseach did not say if it will be a monetary bonus or additional leave, but said the public expendture minister is looking at all options.
# hospitals - Thursday 24 June, 2021
# Maternity Care
# Maternity Care
The HSE is altering the visiting policy for partners during maternity care.
# hospitals - Friday 4 June, 2021
# Maternity
# Maternity
Activists want partners to be permitted in maternity units for all stages of labour.
# hospitals - Monday 17 May, 2021
# Malware
# Malware
Since Friday, the health and security arms of Government have been scrambling to take control of the situation.
# hospitals - Sunday 16 May, 2021
# Cyber Attack
Hackers have reportedly demanded millions of euro from the HSE, but the exact figure has not been confirmed The Department of Health was impacted by the cyber attack on Friday, but has not been targeted by a fresh attack today The HSE has said that the disruption will likely continue 'well into the coming week'
# hospitals - Saturday 15 May, 2021
# Cyber Attack
The Covid-19 vaccination programme continues as normal, but daily case numbers are not available Thousands more appointments could be cancelled next week A ransom has been sought but will not be paid
# hospitals - Friday 14 May, 2021
# HSE
HSE to cancel health appointments on Monday if the ransomware attack isn't resolved by then, with some appointments already postponed. A list of health services that have and have not been affected by the cyber attack today has been published. The vaccination programme has not been affected, and Covid-19 tests are still to go ahead at walk-in centres.
# HSE
# HSE
The HSE’s IT systems have been shut down following a “significant” cyber attack.
# HSE
# HSE
An IT shutdown has had an impact on wider operations today.
# Vaccination
# Vaccination
HSE CEO Paul Reid said that it was a clear demonstration of the effect of the vaccine.
# hospitals - Wednesday 12 May, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
It is still unclear if expenditure on PPE and other equipment will taper off as the vaccination programme progresses.
# hospitals - Tuesday 11 May, 2021
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
376 admitted patients went without beds across Ireland this morning.
# hospitals - Tuesday 4 May, 2021
# Vaccines
# Vaccines
59-year-olds can now register online for their vaccine.
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