Effectively no blood test service due to cyberattack, says Cork GP Blood tests and X-rays which rely on IT among procedures facing major delays
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Dr Mary Favier, former president of the Irish College of General Practitioners, said the impact of the cyberattack on the HSE is just about manageable at the moment but she is concerned for the future. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Doctors’ capacity to offer blood tests and X-rays are among the areas that have been worst affected by the cyberattack on the HSE, according to GPs in Cork city.
Dr Mary Favier, former president of the Irish College of General Practitioners, said the impact of the cyberattack is just about manageable at the moment but she is concerned for the future.
A 33-year-old man carrying almost â¬70,000 worth of heroin from Dublin to Cork was so intoxicated by the drugs he had taken that he made the mistake of telling gardaà he was coming back from a night out in Temple Bar, at the height of lockdown.
Gary Coleman with an address at Cove Street, Cork, was arrested by gardaà when they stopped a taxi travelling towards Cork on the N8 motorway on March 20th, 2020, and found that he had drugs hidden on his person.
At Cork Circuit Criminal Court on Wednesday, Coleman pleaded guilty to possessing almost â¬70,000 worth of heroin for sale or supply at Gortore, Kilworth on the day in question, contrary to section 15 (A) of the Misuse of Drugs Act.