Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

There are people in isolation units, such as intensive care facilities, in every one of our acute hospitals. I refer to people who have had operations in recent days, having suffered from various ailments. That is a fact. Deputy Ó Caoláin asked about isolation units and said we should have such good facilities for people with serious ailments who might be at risk of getting or spreading infections. It is obvious that hospitals should be dealing with this issue. It is good to have isolation facilities. Most of our new developments have more intensive care and high-dependency beds. The Deputy asked whether there should be more facilities of that nature. I do not disagree with his suggestion.

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