Hospitals are experiencing “winter level” surges of patients in emergency departments as Ireland braces for a wave of Delta variant cases. These hospitals may have to cut back on non-Covid care again if there is a serious rise in patients hit by the Delta variant. The HSE revealed it has plans in place to trigger if the highly infectious Delta variant causes a spike in cases and a rise in hospitalisations. The inevitable strategy if there is a significant rise in Covid-19 patients is to scale back on waiting list patients. Around 70pc of cases are the Delta variant.

Source: Irish Independent July 09, 2021 01:30 UTC