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As of 8am today, 1,466 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 55 are in ICU.
Previously these healthcare professionals had been considered only after EU doctors were.
The HSE has acknowledged this morning that the memo has “led to some confusion”
Laura Magahy and Dr Tom Keane have stepped down from their roles.
It’s understood that the IMO will recommend the agreement to their members.
One quarter had reported that either they or colleagues had experienced “long-Covid” after being infected.
In a ballot in November, 94% of IMO’s public health doctors voted in favour of strike action.
The IMO has backed plans by public health specialists to ballot for industrial action in a row over consultant contracts.
Many neonatal units have no isolation facilities to deal with coronavirus patients.
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 IMO said its key demand is an end to the “unjustifiable pay inequality” faced by consultants.
“This vote emphasises the frustration and anger that consultants and NCHDs face.”
The IMO said it is setting a 21-day deadline for the receipt of serious proposals.
About one million patients in Ireland are on waiting lists to see a consultant.
Consultants have said staffing and resource issues are impacting their mental health and compromising patient care.
The Irish Hospital Consultants Association has said capacity issues need to be urgently addressed.
A new report says all new consultants should move to a contract that will end private clinics in public hospitals.
A government report found that Irish consultants have higher gross salaries than the UK or New Zealand.
Sipo investigated the doctors after they missed a deadline by which they had to reply.
The report said that there were issues around recruiting consultants with certain specialities in specific areas.
Paschal Donohoe said “absolutely gigantic” amounts of money were involved in the case.
Temple Street says it currently has access to only one consultant cardiologist, with that consultant “only commissioned to one clinic per week”.
Bully and sexual harassment remain common in Ireland’s medical workplaces, according to the IMO.
His comments were in response to an RTÉ Investigates programme which revealed that one consultant left his work at a public hospital to treat private patients at a different hospital.
Four of the five locum/agency doctors at the hospital’s emergency department went on wildcat strike two weeks ago in a row over plans to slash their rate of pay.
The figures came following a parliamentary question asked by Sinn Féin’s Louise O’Reilly.
Consultants say these doctors do not have the expertise necessary to make the right decisions for patients.
The Irish Medical Organisation’s AGM is happening in Galway.
The consultants’ claims relate to the terms of a 2008 pay deal.
Irish Water state the money was spent on experts that were needed to set up the utility.
Professor Kevin Walsh, Consultant Cardiologist at the Mater Hospital has raised concerns about resources.
The area of Environment and Transportation accounted for more than half of the consultant fees paid out.
Earlier today, the former Master of Holles St Hospital hit out at the lack of continuity of care at senior consultant level afforded to Dhara Kivlehan the week before her death.
Ebola was suspected as one possibility for man suffering ‘flu-like’ symptoms but he has been cleared by medics.
Ireland lags behind the US and most of western Europe in health spend to GDP ratio.
The Irish Medical Organisation is also to discuss new rules to increase transparency for its members.