Elective surgery could resume at Mayo University Hospital later this month
It s hoped that elective surgery at Mayo University Hospital can resume later this month.
That s according to the hospital s manager Catherine Donohoe, who says pressure on the hospital has eased somewhat since the peak of the third wave of Covid-19.
There are currently 62 patients with the virus being treated at Mayo University Hospital, with 4 of these patients in ICU.
The number of Covid patients at the hospital has remained the same for the past 3 days, and is considerably higher than the numbers being treated at other hospitals across the region - with 36 Covid patients currently at Sligo University Hospital, 34 at GUH and 7 at Portiuncla in Ballinasloe.
Sligo born journalist Paddy Clancy is back in Sligo University Hospital fighting Covid-19 - the location where he contracted the dreaded virus some weeks ago after being admitted over an ongoing kidney condition.
The Bridge Street native (77) has been telling of his shock and annoyance at catching Covid in a hospital setting.
The journalist who presented RTE Radio s Morning Ireland slot, What It Says In The Papers, for almost three decades spoke candidly about the virus: It kills people like me. It can kill people like me. And I m not ready to go, he told RTE s Primetime last Tuesday night, becoming emotional.