Close contact health workers called back to work
Updated / Wednesday, 13 Jan 2021
20:34
Pressure on the hospital system continues to increase
Health workers who are deemed close contacts of a positive Covid-19 case but who have received a negative test have been called back to work in the health service.
Health Service Executive Chief Operations Officer Anne O Connor said these close contacts were being monitored while at work by occupational health experts and having their temperature checked twice a day.
She said the decision was made due to the shortage of healthcare workers.
It comes as pressure on the acute hospital system from Covid-19 continues to increase, with 172 patients now in intensive care.
Covid-19: Almost all private hospitals agree to take public patients HSE to be allocated up to 30% of capacity in private hospitals during current surge
Sat, Jan 9, 2021, 01:00
The Bon Secours Health System said it would take part in the new accord that will see up to 30 per cent of capacity given over to the HSE
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Sixteen private hospitals have agreed to provide up to 30 per cent of capacity to the HSE to deal with the current Covid-19 surge under a new agreement, the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has said.
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