Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 17 July 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed)
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
My point is that there is a question of how in God's name we will roll out a catch-up programme if we have increased levels of Covid-19 in our acute hospitals, as well as all of the ongoing day-to-day non-Covid-19 care that would have to happen anyway. That brings me to my first question on capacity. The Irish Cancer Society and the IMO, like many other organisations, are calling for temporary accommodation and physical capacity to be made available. Is that something that is being examined by the HSE and the Department and if so, to what extent?
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