Coronavirus Part IV - 19 cases in ROI, 7 in NI (as of 7 March) *Read warnings in OP*

Weepsie wrote: »

Eoghan Corry can f3ck right off

Weepsie wrote: »

Eoghan Corry can f3ck right off

gabeeg wrote: »

I don't suppose there's any figures out of China on general mortality rates in the last few months?

That might be the stupidest question I've ever asked

bottlebrush wrote: »

Were the parades not cancelled during the foot and mouth?

bottlebrush wrote: »

Were the parades not cancelled during the foot and mouth?

namloc1980 wrote: »

Yes and that was an animal disease. Priorities like.

wadacrack wrote: »

his is what's after happening!!

**To put it into context. We are now where Italy was two weeks ago**

An Irish doctor diagnosed with the coronavirus unwittingly worked a shift at University Hospital Limerick after not displaying symptoms of the disease.

It is understood that the man worked at the hospital last Wednesday after returning home from a family holiday in northern Italy, but neither he nor his employers knew he had been infected.

He is a member of a family of four patients from Co Clare - which includes two males and two females - who all tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday night.

It is the believed that the doctor checked with public health authorities after arriving home and was given the green light to work in the emergency department at UHL last Wednesday, February 26.

It is believed that the doctor worked a full-shift on the day, coming into contact with large volumes of patients, their relatives, and staff.The shift began Wednesday afternoon and finished later that night.

There were 36 patients languishing on trolleys in the Limerick emergency department plus a further 29 patients on trolleys on wards on the same day.

UHL was the most overcrowded hospital in the country on February 26th, when the doctor showed up for work with a total of 65 patients on trolleys.

On Wednesday night when the four cases were confirmed there were 55 patients on trolleys in total.

Immediately proper protocols were implemented, and a section of the ED was closed, and patients moved out of the unit to allow for it to be cleaned.

Ambulances were informed not to transport patients to UHL’s 24-hour emergency department while the newly opened accident and emergency unit was being cleaned.

Sources said they were concerned for their health and for their families health.
They also expressed fear that they would be sacked for disclosing information to the media.“He was told he was okay to work by public health authorities.”

Staff have been “sent off to be swabbed as they were working the same day as (the doctor)”.

“It’s a chaotic situation because he came home and spoke to public health, and then he came in to the hospital and did his shift last Wednesday.

"His wife and daughter then became symptomatic two days later.”The four patents confirmed as having Covid-19 have been placed in “isolation bays” which are “completely self-contained.”

Management have informed staff that proper protocols are in place and they have begun efforts to contain the virus and to trace those who may have been in contact with the doctor who was working in the hospital last Wednesday.

“This all kicked off last night because they closed down part of the Emergency Department and told ambulance to go ‘off-call’. Staff were sent home that were working on the same day as he was.

“The situation is evolving. There are two males and two females. The hospital is trying to track down those who may have been in contact with the doctor.

”Staff are “worried” but were told that “if they take the right precautions and measures they should be absolutely fine.

“It’s a week ago that he was in the emergency department. The hospital is now conducting traceability and containment protocols.”"Staff are looking for answers and reassurance and clarity.”Staff treating the four patients with the virus are “gowned up, wearing gloves, masks and eye goggles”.

Another source said: “As I understand it at the moment, they are conducting traceability and protocols in relation to who may or who may not have come into contact with patients.”

It dates back to last Wednesday when an individual presented in the ED. There are real concerns now about this spreading fast.

The source said management at the hospital have been “interacting with staff and setting out protocols.

“There are concerns in relation to the containment of the virus. Any frontline staff would be first to be exposed.”

What happens next is the “sixty-four million dollar question”, and largely depends on how well the virus is contained in the hospital, they said.

“To put it into context. We are now where Italy was two weeks ago.”

Who do we blame for this ? The Government for not implementing tuff rules or do you blame the Doctor??

Pseudonym121 wrote: »

But, bottom line the death rate isn’t the 15% some scaremongers are quoting and it won’t even be the 3.4% that WHO has recently stated - this is due to some statistical issues I won’t waste time going into here.

bottlebrush wrote: »

Were the parades not cancelled during the foot and mouth?