Professor Fergal Malone (above), Master of the Rotunda Maternity Hospital, said If vaccination rates could rise it would be possible to ease restrictions.
This morning.
The Rotunda Maternity Hospital in Dublin has defended its continuing restrictions around partner visits.
Via Independent.ie:
The Rotunda hospital said in a recent survey of inpatients showed that only 39pc were fully vaccinated, and only 41 pc of partners.
A statement said: “Therefore, with 60% of our patients and their partners not fully being vaccinated, this represents a very serious risk and a very different setting to that seen in other general hospitals and the wider community. Covid-19 still poses a serious risk to our patients, their babies, and their partners.”
The hospital said due to this, its patients are “more likely to be unvaccinated, and less likely to be able to physically distance while in the Hospital, they are also disproportionately more likely to be affected by Covid-19 infection.”
Meanwhile….
…via RTÉ:
The Master of the Rotunda Maternity Hospital has said restrictions at the hospital could be loosened if there was a higher uptake of Covid-19 vaccinations among patients and visitors.
Professor Fergal Malone urged pregnant women and their partners to get the vaccine, saying the high vaccination uptake in the general population is not reflected in maternity hospitals.
If vaccination rates could rise, he said, then it would be possible to ease restrictions.
Rotunda Master urges vaccination uptake to ease maternity restrictions (RTÉ)
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