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THERE was just one patient waiting on a trolley in the Emergency Department of University Hospital Kerry in the past five days.
According to data from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, the patient was waiting on the trolley on Tuesday.
Since Monday, just 41 patients were waiting on trolleys in the entire public hospital system in the country. These are unprecedented figures in unprecedented times.
Yesterday, the country”s Chief Medical Officer, Tony Holohan, urged members of the public to visit the Emergency Department of hospitals if they are experiencing significant health problems and not to let the COVID-19 crisis prevent them from attending and receiving treatment.
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