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Tánaiste says he does not think new restrictions will be needed to tackle summer Covid wave
There are some 606 patients in hospital with Covid.
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There are some 606 patients in hospital with Covid.
The highest waiting times were seen in Cork at Mercy University Hospital and Cork University Hospital.
The INMO has said the dignity of patients is often diminished because of overcrowded conditions.
“The whole point of waiting lists is that you can’t fix them in a year.”
As of 8am today, 1,466 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 55 are in ICU.
Visiting bans are in place at University Hospital Limerick and at Nenagh General Hospital.
A total of 1,042 patients are in hospital with Covid-19 currently.
Earlier Ukraine’s foreign ministry said a mosque sheltering 80 civilians was shelled in Mariupol.
Nearly 600 people were waiting in hospitals around the country for a bed this morning.
The IHCA is calling for the government to address a shortage of consultants.
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.
This morning, there were 439 Covid-positive patients in hospital in Northern Ireland.
It is estimated that they will cater for up to 940,000 planned procedures and operations every year.
Today’s trolley figures have returned to similar pre-pandemic figures hit in 2019.
Prof Hilary Humphreys says too many of our hospitals in Ireland are cluttered and cramped which does not help containment of viruses.
The HSE’s Paul Reid said this afternoon that the healthcare system is “under very significant pressure”.
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.
Health officials yesterday confirmed 1,631 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
There are currently 513 in hospitals with the disease.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin said said that close to 938 beds are to be ‘delivered’ by the end of the year.
However, he said situation in the health system is “different” than last year.
The most common error reported to Hiqa in 2020 involved exposure to the wrong person.
Senior health sources say new guidelines would allow partners to stay all through labour and birth in single-occupancy rooms.
Organ Donation and Transplant Ireland said today that patients who are unvaccinated are at very high risk of infection.
30,000 teenagers aged 12 to 15 have received a first vaccine dose.
There are concerns over the numbers of unvaccinated young people and pregnant women being admitted.
There has been criticism in recent months of the different approaches taken by maternity hospitals.
The UH Limerick CEO said the INMO claims were “disappointing” and “incorrect”.
One hospital had to cancel all planned surgery and outpatient appointments due to flooding.
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.
The HSE is altering the visiting policy for partners during maternity care.
Activists want partners to be permitted in maternity units for all stages of labour.
Since Friday, the health and security arms of Government have been scrambling to take control of the situation.
The HSE’s IT systems have been shut down following a “significant” cyber attack.
An IT shutdown has had an impact on wider operations today.