Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 22 January 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion
Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Yes. I am inquiring about the nature of the ICU beds required for those who have Covid but no other underlying conditions. Do they require the same level of support as an ICU bed that we would be more familiar with before this for somebody in post-operative care or stroke care? Are they more or less intense or are they patient-dependent? Second, how important are individual single-occupancy en suite rooms in the prevention of the spread of Covid? I am thinking of the new 75-bed ward in GUH versus a traditional ward in the hospital.
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