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Friday 4 December 2020
Currently, there are 254 patients with Covid-19 in hospital, with 35 in ICU.
The HSE also confirmed there are 77 staff unavailable for work in Naas, either due to a positive result or because they are a close contact of a confirmed case.
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There are 344 people in hospital and 39 in ICU.
Several states are reeling as the virus continues to spread.
It comes after health officials confirmed 1.095 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland and five further deaths.
Doctors treating patients with the disease have said the severity of the illness for those admitted to hospital has not changed.
The HSPC also outlined testing recommendations for a number of settings including nursing homes and workplaces.
The INMO has warned that overcrowding and Covid-19 make for a ‘toxic combination’.
Delays created by the Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in a backlog of cases.
The public health service has come under pressure in recent months as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The claim was made by INMO General Secretary, Phil Ní Sheaghdha.
Mass testing of nursing home residents and staff at the facilities is also now complete.
The average number of daily ED attendances at the end of March was approximately half what it was at the beginning of March.
Dr Gabrielle Colleran of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association says healthcare will have to take on a very different shape in the coming months.
Last month the government reached an agreement with private hospitals to use all of their facilities during the Covid-19 crisis.
The report issued last night shows there are 320 suspected cases in hospitals that are awaiting test results.
He said hospitals are not just for Covid-19 patients.
Similar centres will be set up around the country.
For some nurses, it can be hard to escape talk of the coronavirus – even at home.
The State will take control of all private hospital facilities.
There have been a number of reports in recent days of healthcare workers at hospitals having their cars clamped while they were working overtime.
The Health Information and Quality Authority identified a number of areas for improvement to ensure that maternity services remain safe.
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University Hospital Limerick is worst affected with 75 people on trolleys.
University Hospital Kerry will be cancelling all elective surgery for this week due to high patient numbers.
There were 92 patients waiting for a bed at University Hospital Limerick, alone.
Over 1,300 of the patients were children younger than 16.
“200 more people a day tend an Emergency Department now than when I became Minister for Health,” Harris claimed today.
The INMO said today that over 108,300 people have gone without beds so far this year.
The senior fire officer visited after concerns were raised about the number of trolleys in corridors in the ED.
Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin hit out against the Taoiseach today stating that waiting lists for children are “quite shocking”.
In 2013, the Coombe, the Rotunda and the National Maternity Hospital became tobacco-free campuses.
The IMO said it is setting a 21-day deadline for the receipt of serious proposals.
One in six midwifery posts are being left vacant.
These figures were released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
The number of patients waiting for a hospital appointment has jumped by more than 40,000 people in 2019.
The issue centres on a dispute between the workers and the HSE over pay rises.
556,411 patients were waiting for their first outpatient consultation at the end of May.
Some 106 children were among those waiting without a bed.
RESTAURANTS AND GASTROPUBS are allowed to reopen across the country from today.
Ireland entered Level 3 restrictions earlier this week after spending six weeks at Level 5.
Non-essential shops and services have reopened, cultural institutions like cinemas and museums are back open and from today, you can once again dine in a restaurant.
So, today we want to know: Do you plan on going to a restaurant/gastropub this weekend?
Poll Results:
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