Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 17 July 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed)
Mr. Liam Woods:
There are specific challenges presenting in Limerick and one or two other sites. Regarding the query about the infection risk, one will find in many instances what is now counted as a trolley is, in fact, a single area sometimes equivalent to a room with a proper door and walls. The infection risk is being managed. The trolley is being counted in the same way as before but the environment and location is different. At times outpatient space is being used which, of course, is compromising our outpatient capacity.
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