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Patients were assessed in ambulances to ensure they were treated in clinical priority, the hospital said, and extra staffing has since been secured to make a further 11 beds available.
The concerning situation in Letterkenny hospital comes as it emerged that, as of 8pm on Sunday night, 1,499 people in Ireland were being treated in hospital for Covid-19.
Paul Reid, Chief Executive of the HSE, said on Sunday that the healthcare system in Ireland is “under increasing strain” and that healthcare staff “will be dealing with increased pressure and strain next week”.
Reid said that there were signs that the public health measures introduced and actions taken by the public were starting to be of benefit and urged the public to continue to retreat to the safety of their homes.
Hospital Pressure Increasing As Covid-19 Rate Remains High By Hannah Murphy Beuamont is among the hospitals that reached ICU capacity last night.
6,888 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed yesterday and eight more people with the virus have died.
A public health expert claims our rate of spread is one of the highest.
DCU Professor Anthony Staines says case numbers are spiralling: The numbers are much higher than I think anyone had feared. Our rate has gone up much faster than other European countries. That seems to be a mixture of a lot of movement and social activity over Christmas , he said.