A WEST Belfast GP has said that testing for the coronavirus needs to be ramped up dramatically to save lives. Dr George O’Neill was speaking after it emerged that around one hundred people per day were being assessed for Covid-19 at Beech Hall in West Belfast. The number of patients being assessed had doubled since […]
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Top GP says testing must be ramped up to save lives
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EXCLUSIVE: New deaths stats reveal true scale of crisis as hospitals try to return Covid patients to nursing homes
Figures released this morning show that fully one third of deaths from the coronavirus had gone unreported to the public by the authorities. The new statistics published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), following an outcry from the public over the official policy to exclude care home fatalities from daily death updates, […]
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OPINION – Dr Michael Donnelly: Covid-19 Pandemic Is the Grenfell Tower of Public Health
The progress of the pandemic has brought new concerns which has indicated that this is now the Grenfell Tower for public health. We knew the fire had started in China but we did not effectively review our pandemic precautions, we didn’t socially isolate immediately, we let Cheltenham Races go ahead (betting whilst Rome burned) when […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Care home deaths report will reveal multiple clusters across 17 Belfast sites
When statistics relating to deaths in care homes are released for the first time tomorrow they will show multiple clusters across Belfast sites. A Covid-19 cluster is defined as two or more cases. The figures will also show that at least 17 homes in the greater Belfast area have reported outbreaks of Covid-19 among their […]
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Belfast Trust tight-lipped on ventilator numbers following Covid-19 death
BELFAST Trust has refused to specify how many ventilators it has following revelations that health workers are being forced to choose which Covid-19 patients are “fit” for ventilation. It comes after the niece of a West Belfast man Vincent ‘Vinty’ Macklin, who died from Coronavirus, told how he was not deemed fit for a ventilator […]
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‘Mixed messages’ from health trusts on home care for clients with Covid-19
Domiciliary care workers are demanding clarity from health trusts on how to deal with clients who are Covid-19 positive. The demand comes as allegations emerged that the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust — which extends as far as Twinbrook and Poleglass — have different rules […]
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