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Search By Live95 News Team via Keith Wiseman An intensive care consultant at University Hospital Limerick says hundreds of staff are out due to Covid-19 reasons.
There are 141 patients with the virus in UHL - making it the second worst hit hospital in the country - and there s only two critical care beds available in the facility.
Cork University Hospital has the highest number of patients on site with the virus at 152, with only 1 critical care bed available.
In total, there are 1,846 people with Covid-19 in hospital nationwide.
Dr Catherine Motherway says staff absences are significantly impacting services across the University of Limerick Hospitals group