The Rotunda Hospital in Dublin has said it will be able to return “earlier than expected” to a full maternity and paediatric service from Wednesday following the cyberattack on the HSE’s computers. The Rotunda, the first Irish maternity hospital to be digitised, says the cyberattack had a severe impact due to its use of an electronic patient record. Some progress was being made in radiation and oncology services he said, but it would take weeks to rebuild the technology network. “There is some good news, progress is being made in certain priority areas.”The restoration of computer systems in the health service will take “many weeks” following last week’s cyberattack, according to the Health Service Executive (HSE). While some IT systems in voluntary hospitals could return this week, it will take “several weeks” before systems in other, HSE-run hospitals return, it said.

Source: The Irish Times May 18, 2021 14:07 UTC