Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion
11:25 am
Dr. Tony Holohan:
Through their existing emergency preparedness arrangements, individual hospitals have a means of identifying their isolation facilities. They must treat their patients in accordance with those arrangements. If a case is identified, an assessment will be made on its merits as to whether the most appropriate course of action is to have the individual transferred to the national isolation unit in the Mater. It might not happen in every situation because it might not be clinically appropriate for that individual. We can discuss principles, but the assessment of any individual in the context of repatriation or movement within the country must take account of the clinical situation and the public health implications.
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