HOW HSE PANICKED
HSE panic bought PPE from hardware shops, vets, bin bag company and phone shop in €700million splurge during first wave
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21 Dec 2020, 7:30
THE HSE was forced to panic buy PPE from hardware shops, vets, a bin bag company and a phone accessory shop in a €704million splurge during the first wave of the pandemic, we can reveal.
Our special investigation also tells how a Sligo funeral suppliers got a last-minute call from the HSE to buy up their entire stock of gloves, aprons and body bags in the early days of the Covid crisis.
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Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn, then Health Minister SImon Harris, HSE expert Dr Sarah Doyle and boss Paul ReidCredit: Brian Lawless/PA Wire