Covid-19 vaccine Ireland: When those in your age group and profession can expect to get the jab
Frontline health workers and the most vulnerable people in society will be the first to get the jab, before it s given to the general public - with older people being prioritised
13:22, 29 DEC 2020
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Pictured are Chair of the Covid-19 vaccination taskforce Professor Brian MacCraith, Chairperson of the High-Level Task Force , Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD , Paul Reid, Country Manager, Pfizer Healthcare Ireland and Paul Reid, CEO, HSE (Image: Marc O Sullivan)
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The Cabinet will meet tomorrow to discuss the rapid spread of COVID-19 amid a sharp rise in hospital admissions.
There are more people in hospital with coronavirus today than any date since May 15th.
409 patients are in hospital with the virus, which is 49 more than yesterday.
It is significantly more than the peak during the second wave, when 354 people were hospitalised on October 27th.
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly confirmed that the unscheduled Cabinet meeting would take place tomorrow to consider advice from NPHET.
It is understood Ministers will consider recommendations from the National Public Health Emergency Team to implement level five restrictions.
UHG Assistant Director of Nursing Lorna Quinn first person in Galway to receive COVID-19 vaccine as 500 doses arrive at the city facility
29 December 2020
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – Staff in University Hospital Galway were among those who received the first doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine administered today, Tuesday December 29
th. Lorna Quinn Assistant Director of Nursing and one of the peer vaccinators who will deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to staff based in University Hospital Galway was the first staff member in the hospital and the Saolta Group to receive the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine. Lorna received the vaccine from her UHG nursing colleague Michelle McNamara Nee.
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17 December 2020
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – Work is to get underway on a long-awaited new orthopaedic theatre at Merlin Park in the coming weeks.
The date was confirmed in the Dáil to Galway West TD Catherine Connolly, who raised the major crisis in orthopaedic waiting lists at Galway University Hospitals.
Deputy Catherine Connolly said the waiting list for orthopaedic services is now 6, 487 – with hundreds waiting up to four years.
She told the chamber of one patient who was classified as ‘urgent’, yet was advised of an 18 month waiting time for surgery.
She drew attention to the situation at Merlin Park – which started in 2017 when leaking roofs were discovered at the operating theatre.