Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 June 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed)
Dr. Colm Henry:
I am not sure what the Chairman's reference was to, but I earlier referenced the discharge of people from acute hospitals when it was deemed that their journey of clinical care was finished there. As happened well before Covid, patients are discharged once the clinician managing their care feels they no longer need to be in an acute hospital. As I referenced earlier, throughout March, there was an acute awareness of the impact that Covid-19 was having on acute hospitals in other countries-----
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