Flu and Covid-19 combine to put health service under ‘unprecedented’ pressure

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HSE tells hospitals to restrict New Year outpatient appointments

In anticipation of a surge in respiratory viruses, the HSE has told hospitals to schedule less routine work after Christmas than normal, so as to lessen the impact on the wider health service.

Meanwhile, the number of patients in hospital with Covid has risen to its highest level since July. There were 556 hospitalised patients with the virus on Sunday, up from 372 just a week earlier. However, the number of Covid patients in ICU remains stable and is about as low as it has been at any point during the pandemic. There were 12 patients with Covid in intensive care on Sunday.

 

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No just a very miss managed system. And another 2.5 years with egg head in charge what can go wrong.

Typo I'd say il fix it 'flu and covid vaccines put'

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Surge in flu and rapid increase in Covid cases - CMOThe Chief Medical Officer has said cases of the flu increased by 80% in the week to last Saturday, while cases of Covid 'increased rapidly in the last three days'. Remember when the flu mysteriously disappeared in 2020 For god sake , just end this,bring back the 9 euro pub food rule and let's finish covid once and for all. Flu went on hols in 2020 and 2021 .It’s almost as if Flu was counted as Covid so that Big Pharma could profit 😉
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