smck321 wrote: » Galway was full as of last week refusing any transfers, so where else are they meant to go?
smck321 wrote: » I'm not your mother, nor does putting a few smilies in your post make it seem like you are the less angry one and therefore the winner, in your eyes at least.
begbysback wrote: » Maybe send them to another hospital who have 25% of their beds free like you have now? Take away the drama and use rational common sense.
smck321 wrote: » You sound like a middle aged woman trying to sell me crystals.
smck321 wrote: » you sound like someone who had to stop himself using the work cuck in that sentance.
smck321 wrote: » I'm not your mother
smck321 wrote: » Those hospitals also have patients coming in who require those beds as well. Its not as if they serve 0 population so naturally theres a need to have an "emergency" bed free for when its acutely needed. All it would require to fill the free bed is one ROSC in a cardiac arrest and now its gone. Then imagine someone comes into ED who needs an ICU bed and you see where the issue lies. If that patient cannot go from ED to ICU immediately the ED resus becomes ICU and the already stretched ED staff need to monitor the patient in ED. If the patient in ED needs intubated the anaestetic reg needs to stay with them as ED staff aren't trained in intubation managment. The anaesthetic reg then isn't free to see cases on the wards, anaestetic cases or any surgery cases and this is how things quickly snowball.
smck321 wrote: » ICU has been split into non covid and covid, non covid has 3 beds with 2 occupied and covid has 4 beds with 3 occupied.
bush wrote: » Rte shove covid into everything. Watching a cooking show earlier and it was shoved in there. Can they not give it a break?
ChikiChiki wrote: » Was dissapointed at how much Covid was mentioned in the Sunday game analysis before Clare and Limerick. The reason I'd tuned was to find a semblance of normality and forget about Covid. The build up shots put a real downer on it.
GazzaL wrote: » Negativity is more infectious than COVID and it's everywhere in the media.
Real Donald Trump wrote: » Glad to see people are wising up to this BS. Wish we had someone here call out RTE for all the scaremongering like this guy
ShineOn7 wrote: » They really are absolute cúntshttps://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1328304597040041987 Hit them where it hurts: don't pay your next TV license There's not a judge in the land who'll take any license case serious next year
RunningFlyer wrote: » Forgive me for starting a thread if one already exists - I’ve read so many different threads and posts I’ve probably missed the obvious however... It seems everyone is waiting daily for the 6pm figures to find out the latest cases and deaths situation. It’s scary to see how every single media outlet in this country is putting all their attention on this (yes, gloom sells). Not just RTE, but the other stations and every single paper has the latest on the front page in some form or another. Contrast this to European media - search any of the national news channels or newspapers and you’ll find its never (usually) the top story. They are over the initial panic and are I guess realise they are in for the long haul with this virus. People here are only obsessed with three things; deaths, cases and the “R” number. I’m not a Statistician or epidemiologist but a few weeks ago when there was concern and hype raised over the R number increasing beyond 1 on the basis of 20 odd cases or so made me completely lose faith in the strategy of the government/NPHET. 10mins reading about R numbers will prove it’s not an effective measurement with low numbers yet this was peddled across the media. The fear-mongering of the Irish media is seriously starting to affect the mental health of the population - I’m sure everyone has witnessed it on a personal level either themselves or their friends/family. If you’re get stressed I highly recommend deleting the news apps, distract yourself around 6pm when you know the figures will be released, and try enjoy the last of the long days and sunshine because if the current media narrative continues, it’s going to be a miserable winter. Ireland needs to evolve from our sheepish culture and learn to think outside the box and make our own opinions of matters. The media need to tone down the hysteria and the government need to realise this virus is here to stay so have to start making some difficult decisions against the ultra-conservative NPHET advice to safeguard the country. Thoughts?
ShineOn7 wrote: » What the fcuk happened earlier? I refuse to watch or listen to anything associated with RTE, I saw this on Twitter Did .... did they literally put O'Neil in a bubble?https://twitter.com/JamesDeegan1979/status/1358922942332211200
NIMAN wrote: » And believe it or not, did I hear a piece on rte about all the medical cases building up unseen due to all resources going to the covid fight? They are getting their backup plan organised. If this time next year COVID isn't a news story, we will have specials on all those who missed their cancer treatments, have now a heart that isn't working, depression rates and suicides through the roof, despite the fact they ignored all these illnesses during covid.
