Revenue
According to the latest available figures for 2019, Galway University Hospital, part of the Saolta group of hospitals, made â¬1,451,195 from car parking fees, as part of an arrangement with a private operator.
Other hospitals in the group using privately run car parks include Sligo University Hospital (which took in â¬138,443), Portiuncula University Hospital (â¬115,037) and Letterkenny University Hospital (â¬55,506).
Mayo University Hospital runs its own car park, which made â¬280,424.
University Hospital Waterford, which is part of the South/South West hospital group, was paid â¬1,204,044 from a private company as part of its car parking arrangements.
In terms of hospital group-run car parks, Cork University Hospital made â¬2,595,070, University Hospital Kerry took in â¬715,820 and South Tipperary General generated â¬325,490.
Today, March 10th, marks one year since Covid-19 was confirmed in Waterford.
During that time 5,216 people have been diagnosed with the virus and sadly 90 people have died here.
It’s one year to the day that the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in Waterford.
A man who was an inpatient in Medical Ward 7 was tested for the virus.
He was then transferred to an isolation room in the Pine Ward, in the new Dunmore Wing, specifically opened to facilitate the isolation and care of patients either suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
By the end of March there were 38 cases in Waterford. Two weeks later, on the 14th of April it had reached 100.
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Jan 30, 2021 10:59 AM
Intensive care units (ICUs) across the country will remain close to their limits for some time despite falling hospital admissions related to Covid-19, the HSE chief has warned.
Paul Reid said the number of people hospitalised with Covid-19 had fallen to 1,488 on Saturday morning.
However, there were more than 500 people receiving some form of intensive or high acute care across the hospital system.
University Hospital Waterford had the highest number of covid patients in the country at 108. Six of those are being treated in intensive care.
Nationally, 210 patients were in ICU â a number which is 35 per cent higher than the peak of the first wave last spring.
Updated: 30 Jan 2021, 15:13
NPHET s Dr Cillian De Gascun has said Ireland is moving in the right direction in the battle against Covid-19.
The Chair of the Covid-19 expert advisory group at NPHET said there has been a significant drop in the number of cases and hospitalisations but the country needs to keep going .
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A quiet Cork city during Level 5 restrictions Credit: Alamy Live News
Speaking to Katie Hannon on RTE Radio One, he said: In the last couple of weeks we ve seen a significant decline in the cases on a daily basis. We ve seen a significant decline in the number of hospitalisations and the positivity rate is coming down.