Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel
Professor Cillian Twomey:
I am not aware of what communications have taken place between the HSE and the acute hospitals but it was from the acute hospitals that the patients were transferred to care facilities based on the requirement to create capacity. That all happened in February. That is why it happened.