Half of pregnant women attending maternity hospital decline Covid-19 vaccine Rotunda master describes figure as ‘disappointing’ and says staff do their best to reassure people
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Some women who declined to be vaccinated expressed concern about the possible effects on their unborn babies, Prof Fergal Malone said. File photograph: Getty
Half of the pregnant women attending the Rotunda Hospital who were offered a Covid-19 vaccine have declined to take it, according to the master of the hospital.
Prof Fergal Malone described as disappointing the 50 per cent acceptance rate in the first week of vaccine rollout to expectant mothers and said he “would like to see it higher”.
Medical And Personal Information Being Shared Online After Cyber Attack
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is now being shared online.
The Financial Times says it s seen screenshots and files, following the cyber-attack by hackers on the HSE.
The records available online include internal health files, minutes of meetings, equipment purchase details, and correspondence with patients.
Head of the HSE, Paul Reid, is describing the ransomware attack as unfair, unjust and incomprehensible .
People are being warned to expect long delays at emergency departments for the foreseeable future.
However, full maternity services are resuming at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin this morning.
The ransomware attack had a big impact for several days, as patients records weren t accessible but appointments can now resume from this morning.
Dublin s Q102 By Hazel Nolan The Rotunda Hospital says it s now able to start bringing services back safely.
The maternity hospital says it s still heavily impacted by the cyber attack on the HSE and that it s working completely on paper.
It s asking patients to bear with them.
We re still heavily impacted by the #HSEcyberattack and are working completely on paper, but we re able to start bringing services back safely now. Please bear with us over the next few days.
Helpline available on 01 211 9351 from 9-8 Weekdays, 10-6 Weekends https://t.co/djj4s996hA The Rotunda Hospital (@RotundaHospital) May 18, 2021
People who have maternity or paediatric appointments scheduled for the remainder of the week should attend as scheduled.
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The Rotunda Hospital is being run on a paper-based system and has extended its appointment cancellations until the end of the week after the cyberattack on the HSE.It also emerged yesterday that