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17th May 2021
The Chief Clinical Director of the UL Hospitals Group believes there’s an inevitability that elective procedures and outpatient appointments will be cancelled later this week.
Investigations are continuing into the extent of the cyber-attacks on the HSE and the Department of Health, which led to disruption to services at hospitals across the country.
Outpatient appointments are going ahead today at Hospitals in Clare and Limerick but Professor Brian Lenehan says a decision on whether tomorrow’s will go ahead will be taken this afternoon.
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17th May 2021
The UL Hospitals Group has confirmed widespread cancellations in scheduled care across its six hospitals in Clare, Limerick and Tipperary from tomorrow.
The health system remains under massive pressure in the wake of a randsomware attack on HSE IT systems.
From tomorrow, all outpatient clinics, elective inpatient and day case procedures – with the exception of time-critical cases, diagnostics including x-ray, CT scans, MRI appointments and cardiac investigations and endoscope services have all been cancelled.
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Maternity services including ante-natal clinic, dialysis treatment, cancer day ward, the Acute Fracture Unit at UHL will all go ahead, as will the vaccination centres at the West County Hotel In Ennis and the Radisson Blu on the Limerick border.
The quicker people get, it the better, says Clare GP clarechampion.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from clarechampion.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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.