Over 30 residents die in Cork/Kerry nursing homes in two weeks
Some of the residents who died are believed to have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and were due to receive their booster shot
Eight residents of the Bon Secours Care Village, Mount Desert, Lee Road, Cork died between January 21 and January 26. Picture: Larry Cummins.
Tue, 02 Feb, 2021 - 06:55
Neil Michael
More than 30 residents of four Cork nursing homes and a community hospital in Kerry have died in just two weeks following Covid-19 outbreaks.
At West Kerry Community Hospital in Dingle, at least eight residents have died.
Between January 21 and January 26, eight residents of the Bon Secours Care Village, also known as Mount Desert, in Cork, have died, three of whom died on January 24.
Nursing homes in Cork will begin to roll out COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday week, January 11, and the first round of lifesaving injections should be delivered to all such care facilities by the end of the month.
According to a draft schedule distributed by the HSE, among the first to receive it in Cork will be the residents at Amberley Home and Convalescent Centre in Fermoy who will be getting their first anti-virus jabs on Monday, January 11. Fairy Hill Nursing Home in Mallow will have to wait until January 29 before its residents get the first round. The vaccinations teams will be in Araglen Nursing Home in Kanturk on January 26 while Carechoice in Macroom is on the list for the same day.
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And, surprisingly, most are positive; overwhelmingly positive, in fact.
For sure, coronavirus has infected many lives with pain and suffering. Many people have lost their lives. And many others who contracted the virus are struggling to regain full health, weeks and months after infection. These are brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, fathers and mothers: loved ones all.
Their suffering, even if we didn t contract the infection ourselves, has impacted severely on all our lives.
But when we come to review 2020, it would be wrong to dismiss the year as a locked-down write-off.