Police want help to locate person missing from hospital
Martin Harper left hospital on Tuesday afternoon
Martin Harper
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Newry Police are keen to locate missing person Martin Harper, who was last seen leaving Daisy Hill Hospital in Hospital Road, Newry, at 5:30pm on Tuesday afternoon, August 3.
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SUSAN McKay s new book,
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During the visit, both Ministers met many of the contact tracers who have been working to help keep the public safe throughout the pandemic.
They also met with Aidan Dawson, Chief Executive of the PHA, Andrew Dougal, Non-Executive Chair of the Board of the PHA and Dr Elizabeth Mitchell, Director of Contact Tracing.
Aidan Dawson, Chief Executive of the PHA, said, “The public can still play a big part in helping to stop the spread of the virus.
“In addition to getting the vaccine and following the public health guidelines, they can help by understanding the process if they test positive for COVID-19 – expect to be contacted by the CTC, recognise our number (028 9536 8888) and please answer when we do call, and make sure their close contacts are alerted as quickly as possible through digital self-trace, meaning they will isolate sooner and help to reduce any potential spread of the COVID-19.
The respiratory and sleep team diagnoses both adults and children for a range of conditions like lung cancer, COPD, asthma, sleep apnoea and post-Covid-19 symptoms.
A £210,000 investment has helped to improve ventilation, create more space and install new equipment.
It now gives the team capacity to see up to 70 patients a day across both sites.
At the height of the pandemic, the team of respiratory physiologists was redeployed to work in the intensive care unit at Craigavon Hospital.
This time was used to revamp their departments to meet Covid-19 requirements.
The Daisy Hill department reopened along with the Emergency Department in October with an additional two rooms and two new lung function systems.
Farmers who applied for a Force Majeure when their businesses were impacted by severe flooding and landslides on 22 and 23 August 2017 can now apply for the one-off financial payment.
“The extreme flooding event meant that the farming and wider rural communities in the North West experienced significant hardship,” the Minister explains.
“Farm businesses lost income due to the impact on their land and the cost of removing debris and silt, as well as reseeding to restore it back to productive use.
“So I am delighted to say that this North West 2017 Flooding Income Support Scheme, worth almost £2.7million, is now open to applications.