Galway Bay FM
10 May 2021
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Seanad has heard there’s “no light at the end of the tunnel” with regards ongoing capacity issues at UHG.
The matter was raised by Senator Sean Kyne, who spoke of chronic overcrowding being experienced at the city hospital over the past month.
He also referenced the total lack of progress on a long-awaited new emergency department, despite the current unit being completely unfit for purpose.
He asked if the HSE would consider sending a specialist team to Galway to examine the overcrowding issues over the past month.
Senator Kyne also said it is “depressing” that there’s been no progress on a new ED at UHG, despite an expectation that a planning application would be lodged in 2018.
Doctor slams vaccine debacle
Dr Joe Griffin (68) was relieved when he received his vaccination appointment recently, having waited so long.
After returning from England where he was attending his wife’s mother’s funeral, he was in quarantine at home and was unable to attend.
On the Department of the Taoiseach website, it states that he can only leave his home in certain circumstances including medical reasons and he wondered if getting vaccinated was a valid reason for travel.
In a statement issued to the Clare Champion, he recalled telephoning a telephone number he received in a text message and waited over 20 minutes in various queues just to speak to a person. After explaining his dilemma, he was put on hold because the person he was speaking with did not know whether or not he should attend for his vaccination. After further delays, he was eventually transferred to a supervisor who told him not to attend but to cancel his appointment.
HSE proposal could see age limit reduced on single shot J&J vaccine
There are more than 400,000 single-use J&J shots to be delivered to Ireland from June, Mr Reid wrote in his submission, which by the that time most of the over-50s will have been fully or partially vaccinated.
HSE CEO Paul Reid at Dr Steevens Hospital for the weekly HSE operational update on the response to Covid-19.
Photograph: Leah Farrell / Photocall Ireland
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has made a proposal to the Department of Health calling for the age limit of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to be given to people aged 45 old, down from the current age limit of 50 years old.
Covid-19 Ireland today as 514 new cases confirmed with 2 further deaths
The latest statement from NPHET is in
Updated
Dr Tony Holohan, Ireland s Chief Medical Officer (Image: Collins Agency, Dublin)
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There have been another 514 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Ireland, while 2 more people have died from the virus.