âOur priority has to be get a patient management system back that gives us access to peopleâs information so even things like blood transfusion, matching bloods, looking at previous records for medication, allergies, etc, we do not have any access.â
Ms OâConnor told the programme that the HSEâs system had been very significantly compromised and at this stage it did not know how much data had been accessed by hackers.
Appointment cancellations
HSE website which was being updated throughout the day with information on cancellations.
She said virtually all radiology appointments across the board for procedures such as an x-ray, an MRI or CT scan have been cancelled.
Naas Hospital car park takes in an average of €300 every day in charges, HSE figures show
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Naas General Hospital car park received almost €125,000 in parking charges in 2019, the latest HSE figures reveal.
This sum amounts to around €2,400 a week or almost €350 every day including the weekend.
In the Dublin Midlands group of which Naas Hospital is part of, the Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore was paid €510,629 by a private operator, while hospital-run car parks at Portlaoise made €314,832.
Sinn Féin Dublin Mid-West TD Mark Ward, who obtained the figures from the HSE, claimed hospital car parks were being used as “money-making schemes” to the detriment of patients and their loved ones.
Revenue
According to the latest available figures for 2019, Galway University Hospital, part of the Saolta group of hospitals, made â¬1,451,195 from car parking fees, as part of an arrangement with a private operator.
Other hospitals in the group using privately run car parks include Sligo University Hospital (which took in â¬138,443), Portiuncula University Hospital (â¬115,037) and Letterkenny University Hospital (â¬55,506).
Mayo University Hospital runs its own car park, which made â¬280,424.
University Hospital Waterford, which is part of the South/South West hospital group, was paid â¬1,204,044 from a private company as part of its car parking arrangements.
In terms of hospital group-run car parks, Cork University Hospital made â¬2,595,070, University Hospital Kerry took in â¬715,820 and South Tipperary General generated â¬325,490.
Coronavirus: 761 more cases and 18 further deaths in the State HSE amends vaccine appointments system after hundreds of double-bookings
Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 16:56 Updated: Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 21:51
A further 18 deaths due to and 761 new cases of the virus were reported in the State by the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) on Wednesday.
There has now been a total of 4,705 Covid-19 related deaths and 236,600 confirmed cases here since the pandemic began.
Eleven of the deaths reported occurred in March while the remaining seven took place in February.
Of Wednesday’s cases 372 are in Dublin, 55 in Meath, 43 in Cork, 40 in Kildare, 38 in Offaly and the remaining 213 cases are spread across 19 other counties.