'This third wave is the worst by far. We are just on the edge right now' - inside Ireland's hospitals
On Wednesday, St Vincent's had the dubious honour of caring for more Covid patients than any other hospital in the country. Its services are coping but are stretched to its limits, explains Prof Ryan. "Essentially, our ICU is full right now. We don't have spare ICU beds. Some could be facilitated if needs be but that's not an ideal situation. It used to be that we all knew someone who had Covid. Now, we all know of someone who died. The next thing, unfortunately, could be that we all know someone in our own family who died." Nphet's grim evening roll-call of Covid infection rates and deaths a...
Source: independent.ie