217 Covid patients are now in hospital, which is four times higher than this day last month.
Nurses say they are becoming increasingly unsafe in overcrowded hospitals that are suffering from a lack of airflow and ventilation.
217 covid patients are now in hospital, which is four times higher than this day last month.
31 people are in ICU with the virus, but there are 381 patients across the country without beds who are waiting in wards and corridors for treatment.
There are 11 people on trolleys at Naas General Hospital today.
"Overcrowding should never be accepted in a modern country like ours."
— Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation (@INMO_IRL) August 9, 2021
Our Phil Ní Sheaghdha writes in @IrishSunOnline on the overcrowding crisis Ireland is swinging back into.https://t.co/cjNSDt59XV
Naas woman, Phil ni Sheaghdha, is INMO General Secretary.
She says it's very worrying
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