THE new Omicron Covid-19 variant is crippling health services following a dramatic 46% hike in absences throughout the public acute hospital system in just four days, writes Dan Danaher.
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The UL Hospitals Group have announced reduced elective activity from Tuesday January 4th due to COVID-19 related staff absences resulting in significant disruption to services. The Group has announced the deferral of the majority of scheduled surgery and outpatient appointments across all their hospitals. Emergency and trauma theatre will continue to operate and time-critical outpatient […]