Clare’s 14 day incidence rate per 100k of the population has dropped to below 100 while less than five new cases of the virus have emerged in the county while the Chief Medical Officer has expressed concern with “worrying” developments nationally.
Both Ennis Hospital and University Hospital Limerick are under considerable pressure with over 100 staff out of work due to COVID-19 outbreaks.
A one week extension of “significant reductions” in scheduled care at Ennis Hospital and University Hospital Limerick has been confirmed while the planned opening of a new COVID-19 testing centre in Ennis has been delayed.
A “significant number of staff” at Ennis Hospital and University Hospital Limerick are currently off work and self-isolating following recent outbreaks of COVID-19 while a spokesperson for UL Hospitals Group has refused to specify on how many people are affected.
An outbreak of COVID-19 has emerged at Ennis Hospital.
Fourteen new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Co Clare while an outbreak has been confirmed at Ennis Hospital.
HSE officials are said to be considering the expansion of services provided at Ennis Hospital.
CLARE’S Independent TD Dr Michael Harty has hit out at the ‘snail’s pace’ progress on delivering the new Community Nursing Unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Ennis. Dr Harty claimed he has been told by Minister for Health Simon Harris that construction will not be completed until 2021. The Government has committed €12 million for …
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ENNIS Hospital, as part of the UL Hospitals Group, and the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association (ILFA) have marked IPF World Week (September 16th to 24th) with an awareness event. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a rare and progressive condition which involves the development of scar tissue (fibrosis) in the lungs. There are over 1,000 people …
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