617 Covid-19 patients in hospitals this morning – HSE’s Paul Reid tells @PatKennyNT approximately 40% of these are unvaccinated
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) November 15, 2021
Um.
Earlier….
Dublin’s Mater Hospital
This morning.
Via RTÉ News:
Dr Colman O’Loughlin, a consultant in the Mater, speaking on RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne, said too many acute hospitals beds are taken up with Covid-19 patients, adding that it is next to impossible to try and run a normal health system alongside this.
He said this has resulted in curtailed surgical activity and significant cutbacks in elective surgery.
As of 8am, there were 617 people in hospitals around the country with the virus, up 35 on the same time yesterday.
Of these, 106 people were in intensive care units with Covid-19.
Dr O’Loughlin said said there is an almost equal number of unvaccinated people and vaccinated vulnerable people in ICU.
Dublin’s Mater Hospital moves to ICU surge capacity (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
Seriously, if they didn't keep telling you over and over how effective the vaccines are, how would you know? pic.twitter.com/iPnMPoXqDm
— Damian (@raggedlines) November 15, 2021