Martin rules out prioritising young people for Covid-19 vaccines Taoiseach anticipates ‘between 250,000 and 270,000’ jabs to be administered next week
Sun, May 9, 2021, 15:56
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has received the Covid-19 vaccine at the HSE operated Vaccine Centre in Cork City Hall. Video: Twitter/@@MichealMartinTD
Taoiseach Micheál Martin after receiving his AstraZeneca jab administered by Brenda Dillon, assistant director of nursing at a HSE vaccination centre in Cork City Hall for his vaccination against Covid-19. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision/PA Wire
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has ruled out young people being bumped up the waiting list for Covid-19 vaccines as they begin to socialise more.
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Moves afoot for major new hospital in Cork city
Plans to have new elective hospital in place by 2024
Cork University Hospital’s location in the western suburbs is likely to influence where a new hospital is built. Sláintecare has stated that its preference is for elective hospitals to be “appropriately sited adjacent to major hospitals.” It is currently engaging in a site appraisal process to identify the most suitable location
Thu, 21 Jan, 2021 - 06:46
Catherine Shanahan
An extensive trawl to identify a suitable site for a major new hospital in Cork city which would be up and running by 2024 has been completed by agents acting on behalf of Sláintecare, the government blueprint for health service reform.
Covid-19: Mass vaccination clinic opens in Cork city for healthcare workers Medical staff at the South Infirmary Hospital, Cork aim to deliver vaccines to 1,200 frontline workers ovwer the weekend. Picture: Dan Linehan
Sat, 09 Jan, 2021 - 14:25
Eoin English
A mass vaccination programme is underway at a Cork city hospital this weekend in a bid to administer Covid-19 vaccines to 1,200 frontline healthcare workers.
The clinical director of the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital (SIVUH), Dr Michelle Murphy, described it as a day of hope for healthcare staff across the region.
“We are undoubtedly facing into a very difficult period but the roll-out of the vaccine has given healthcare workers and the wider population the hope that although we are facing a difficult few weeks, there is an end in sight. This is a hugely positive step,” she said.