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

Dr. Vida Hamilton:

Given that our rate-limiting step in opening beds is staffing it is more prudent to retain our staff in our existing infrastructure, change day beds to stay beds and expand our capacity that way. The advantage of the private sector is that it comes with staffing so opening a field hospital is not a feasible solution.

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