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Irish hospitals now operating at ‘surge capacity’, says HSE chief

written by Chris McNulty January 16, 2021
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THE Chief Executive of the Health Service Executive (HSE) has said that Ireland’s hospital system has formally gone into ‘surge capacity’.

HSE figures show that there are now 1,850 patients in hospitals being treated for Covid-19. Of those, there are 96 at Letterkenny University Hospital.

“We have formally gone into surge capacity,” Paul Reid said.

“We are seeing families and young people being treated. This virus affects everybody.

“In terms of beds, we now have 313 available beds, up from 285 before surge capacity.

“We have now stood up our national critical care surge group.

“Individual hospitals are scaling up for surge capacity, where they cannot operate beyond that, we would mobilise ambulance transfer between hospitals, but that has not happened yet.”

Irish hospitals now operating at ‘surge capacity’, says HSE chief was last modified: January 16th, 2021 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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