“We’re seeing people in their late teens really sick in intensive care units around this country.” The current surge of COVID-19 is seeing more young people, including older teenagers, being treated in intensive care – according to an ICU consultant. Dr Catherine Motherway, University Hospital Limerick, said half of all patients in ICU in recent […]
4 years ago
“It is absolutely appalling that public health doctors advising Government would be targeted with abuse for doing their jobs in the middle of a pandemic.” A number of government ministers have said they were “sickened” to hear about “abusive” phone calls made to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Tony Holohan and Deputy CMO Dr Ronan […]
4 years ago
People have also been asked not to attend demonstrations. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has urged people not to order takeaway pints on St Patrick’s Day. He made the comments at Monday’s Department of Health briefing, where health officials said they were concerned about how the rate at which Covid-19 is decreasing in […]
5 years ago