Hospitals face national emergency amid third wave
Updated / Monday, 11 Jan 2021
17:05
Hospitals across the country are facing a surge of Covid-19 patients
The President of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association has said the current situation in Ireland s acute hospitals is truly a national emergency .
Speaking on RTÉ s News at One, Professor Alan Irvine said that the acute hospital system is under the greatest pressure that it s ever been in living memory .
He said 1,000 people have been admitted with Covid-related illnesses to acute hospitals since 2 January and these admissions are doubling, in both intensive care and general acute beds, every week.
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