# icu - Tuesday 8 March, 2022
# DAILY FIGURES
# DAILY FIGURES
The Department of Health confirmed the latest figures in a statement this afternoon.
# icu - Saturday 22 January, 2022
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The latest figures were confirmed by the Department of Health today.
# icu - 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.
# icu - Wednesday 12 January, 2022
The number of patients in critical care will be the key metric government looks at over the next two weeks.
# icu - Thursday 25 November, 2021
# 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 .
# Capacity
Staff in intensive care units say they're at breaking point as a fourth Covid surge hits, Órla Ryan reports "ICU nurses and doctors are absolutely exhausted and we haven't even hit the winter peak," one nurse said Most ICU beds are full and the HSE is making efforts to increase surge capacity
# icu - Monday 22 November, 2021
# Delayed Transplant
# Delayed Transplant
The association said it hopes this was an isolated incident
# icu - Thursday 28 October, 2021
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
Health officials yesterday confirmed 1,631 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
# icu - Monday 25 October, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Dr. Cliona Murphy also said that three women had been transferred to general hospitals for ICU care this weekend alone.
# icu - Wednesday 20 October, 2021
# Surge Concerns
# Surge Concerns
There are 86 Covid-19 patients in the country’s ICU departments.
# icu - Monday 11 October, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
It’s estimated that 69% of those in ICU s have not been vaccinated.
# icu - Thursday 7 October, 2021
# Intensive Care
# Intensive Care
Nurses have to use a baby monitor to watch certain patients due to staff shortages, The Journal reported earlier today.
# On The Frontline
The ICU is at "breaking point" with a few "near misses" in recent months, Órla Ryan reports Nurses say they have been forced to use a baby monitor to watch certain patients due to staff shortages "The pandemic broke us ... It was horrendous, some of the shifts we put in were indescribable."
# icu - Friday 13 August, 2021
# Under Pressure
# Under Pressure
There are concerns over the numbers of unvaccinated young people and pregnant women being admitted.
# icu - Friday 16 July, 2021
# Stephen Donnelly
# Stephen Donnelly
The Health Minister said NPHET modelling estimates over 200 people will be in ICU in a few months.
# icu - Monday 14 June, 2021
# Latest Figures
# Latest Figures
The Department of Health today also confirmed there are 67 Covid-19 patients in hospital with 23 in ICU .
# icu - Friday 11 June, 2021
# Covid Figures
# Covid Figures
Director-General of the HSE Paul Reid said this is “a remarkable benefit of our strong vaccination programme & public support overall.”
# icu - Thursday 10 June, 2021
# Latest Figures
# Latest Figures
70 patients with Covid-19 are in hospital, including 23 in ICU .
# icu - Thursday 3 June, 2021
# Figures
# Figures
The Department of Health confirmed the latest figures this afternoon.
# icu - Thursday 29 April, 2021
# Covid Hospitals
# Covid Hospitals
Ireland’s total number of Covid-19 cases where hospitalisation has been required is 14,192, with 1,502 people requiring care in ICU .
# icu - Monday 5 April, 2021
# Good Friday
# Good Friday
More than 30,500 doses were administered on Friday.
# icu - Saturday 27 March, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
It is the lowest number since the start of January.
# icu - Monday 22 March, 2021
# Hospitals
81 patients with Covid-19 are currently in intensive care units around the country. Health officials last night confirmed a further 769 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. Mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers arriving into Ireland from certain countries is to come into effect by next weekend.
# icu - Thursday 25 February, 2021
# ICU
# ICU
Ten Covid-19 patients being treated in ICU died in the 24 hours up to 8am yesterday – the single highest daily number.
# icu - Wednesday 10 February, 2021
# ICU
# ICU
As of 8pm yesterday, 1,012 Covid patients were in Irish hospitals.
# icu - Tuesday 9 February, 2021
# ICU
# ICU
1,100 patients with Covid-19 are in Irish hospitals, including 173 in critical care.
# icu - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# ICU
# ICU
There are 205 patients in ICU and 301 others receiving critical care outside of ICU .
# icu - Sunday 24 January, 2021
# Vaccine
# Vaccine
HSE CEO Paul Reid said health teams are ‘battling to save lives’.
# icu - Friday 22 January, 2021
# Covid19
Paul Reid said that transmission is "extremely different", with whole families getting sick from Covid-19. An Oireachtas Committee heard that over 6,500 workers in acute hospitals are currently on sick leave. There have been 523 Covid deaths in January, with the CMO predicting that this could rise up to 1,000.
# icu - Thursday 21 January, 2021
# Outbreaks
# Outbreaks
‘They didn’t come in Covid positive, they picked up Covid while in the hospital,’ said Leo Varadkar.
# icu - Sunday 17 January, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
There were 60 deaths and a further 3,231 cases of Covid-19 announced yesterday.
# icu - Thursday 14 January, 2021
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
The number of people in hospital is now more than twice that of the previous pandemic peak.
# icu - Sunday 10 January, 2021
# Hospital Capacity
# Hospital Capacity
There are now 1,421 people with Covid-19 in hospital, with 121 in ICU .
# icu - Friday 8 January, 2021
# Svuh
# Svuh
Nurses have expressed frustration over shower and sink facilities, as well as not being prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine.
# icu - Wednesday 6 January, 2021
# Hospitalisation
# Hospitalisation
The HSE has said it would, of course, continue to care for patients beyond capacity but the level of care would not be the same.
# icu - Sunday 3 January, 2021
# INMO
Tánaiste says there is a strong case for leaving current restrictions in place until those most at risk are vaccinated There are now 673 patients with Covid-19 being treated in hospital Dr Colm Henry estimates hospitalisation levels of 1,300 or more by the end of January Over 100 nurses are out of work for covid-related reasons at Cork University Hospital
# icu - Saturday 12 December, 2020
# Covid19 Facts
# Covid19 Facts
In hospitals, there have been 12 admissions and 12 discharges in the last 24 hours.
# icu - Saturday 14 November, 2020
# Patients
# Patients
Currently, there are 254 patients with Covid-19 in hospital, with 35 in ICU .
# icu - Tuesday 10 November, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Medics in Italy, France, Spain and Germany have expressed concern over a lack of capacity and medical staff to treat patients.
# icu - Monday 26 October, 2020
# Hospital
# Hospital
There are 344 people in hospital and 39 in ICU .
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