# hospitals - Yesterday’s News
# Coronavirus
Paul Reid said virus is still "hugely prevalent". Daily vaccination figures will be released from 25 January. 44% of all Covid-19 cases were reported in the past 14 days.
# hospitals - Thursday 14 January, 2021
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
The number of people in hospital is now more than twice that of the previous pandemic peak.
# hospitals - Monday 11 January, 2021
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Health chiefs warned that the number of Covid-19 patients being treated in hospital could double by the third week in January.
# hospitals - Wednesday 6 January, 2021
# Third Wave
# Third Wave
On 15 April, 881 people with Covid-19 were in hospital.
# hospitals - Thursday 31 December, 2020
# Trolleys
# Trolleys
The organisation said hospital overcrowding is “unacceptable at the best of times, but it is doubly so when dealing with a contagious virus”.
# hospitals - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Pressure Mounting
# Pressure Mounting
The health minister is set to bring proposals for fresh Covid-19 restrictions to the executive on Thursday.
# hospitals - Saturday 14 November, 2020
# Patients
# Patients
Currently, there are 254 patients with Covid-19 in hospital, with 35 in ICU.
# hospitals - Thursday 12 November, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
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.
# hospitals - Thursday 5 November, 2020
# France
# France
France is currently in a partial lockdown to try and reduce Covid-19 numbers.
# hospitals - Monday 26 October, 2020
# Hospital
# Hospital
There are 344 people in hospital and 39 in ICU.
# hospitals - Saturday 24 October, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Several states are reeling as the virus continues to spread.
# hospitals - Thursday 15 October, 2020
# Capacity
# Capacity
It comes after health officials confirmed 1.095 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland and five further deaths.
# hospitals - Thursday 24 September, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
Doctors treating patients with the disease have said the severity of the illness for those admitted to hospital has not changed.
# hospitals - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
# Winter Flu
# Winter Flu
The HSPC also outlined testing recommendations for a number of settings including nursing homes and workplaces.
# hospitals - Wednesday 2 September, 2020
# Winter Plan
# Winter Plan
The INMO has warned that overcrowding and Covid-19 make for a ‘toxic combination’.
# hospitals - Saturday 15 August, 2020
# Public Hospitals
# Public Hospitals
Delays created by the Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in a backlog of cases.
# hospitals - Friday 10 July, 2020
# Waiting Lists
# Waiting Lists
The public health service has come under pressure in recent months as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
# hospitals - Thursday 25 June, 2020
# INMO
# INMO
The claim was made by INMO General Secretary, Phil Ní Sheaghdha.
# hospitals - Sunday 24 May, 2020
# Coming Back
# Coming Back
Mass testing of nursing home residents and staff at the facilities is also now complete.
# hospitals - Friday 22 May, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The average number of daily ED attendances at the end of March was approximately half what it was at the beginning of March.
# hospitals - Thursday 7 May, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Dr Gabrielle Colleran of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association says healthcare will have to take on a very different shape in the coming months.
# hospitals - Monday 27 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Last month the government reached an agreement with private hospitals to use all of their facilities during the Covid-19 crisis.
# hospitals - Wednesday 22 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The report issued last night shows there are 320 suspected cases in hospitals that are awaiting test results.
# hospitals - Thursday 2 April, 2020
# Chief Medical Officer
# Chief Medical Officer
He said hospitals are not just for Covid-19 patients.
# hospitals - Wednesday 1 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Similar centres will be set up around the country.
# hospitals - Saturday 28 March, 2020
# HOME LIFE
# HOME LIFE
For some nurses, it can be hard to escape talk of the coronavirus – even at home.
# hospitals - Tuesday 24 March, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The State will take control of all private hospital facilities.
# hospitals - Wednesday 18 March, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
There have been a number of reports in recent days of healthcare workers at hospitals having their cars clamped while they were working overtime.
# hospitals - Wednesday 12 February, 2020
# New Babies
# New Babies
The Health Information and Quality Authority identified a number of areas for improvement to ensure that maternity services remain safe.
# hospitals - Wednesday 8 January, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Why are we fighting the battles of the past rather than honouring the ideals of the Republic?
# hospitals - Tuesday 7 January, 2020
# Day Two
# Day Two
University Hospital Limerick is worst affected with 75 people on trolleys.
# HOSPITAL CRISIS
# HOSPITAL CRISIS
University Hospital Kerry will be cancelling all elective surgery for this week due to high patient numbers.
# hospitals - Monday 6 January, 2020
# Health Service
# Health Service
There were 92 patients waiting for a bed at University Hospital Limerick, alone.
# hospitals - Thursday 2 January, 2020
# Hospital Overcrowding
# Hospital Overcrowding
Over 1,300 of the patients were children younger than 16.
# hospitals - Friday 27 December, 2019
# Flu Season
# Flu Season
“200 more people a day tend an Emergency Department now than when I became Minister for Health,” Harris claimed today.
# hospitals - Friday 29 November, 2019
# Trolley Crisis
# Trolley Crisis
The INMO said today that over 108,300 people have gone without beds so far this year.
# hospitals - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The senior fire officer visited after concerns were raised about the number of trolleys in corridors in the ED.
# hospitals - Tuesday 26 November, 2019
# Emergency Departments
# Emergency Departments
Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin hit out against the Taoiseach today stating that waiting lists for children are “quite shocking”.
# hospitals - Tuesday 29 October, 2019
# Smoking
# Smoking
In 2013, the Coombe, the Rotunda and the National Maternity Hospital became tobacco-free campuses.
# hospitals - Thursday 17 October, 2019
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
The IMO said it is setting a 21-day deadline for the receipt of serious proposals.
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