Four Dublin hospitals - Tallaght, The Mater, Connolly and St James’ - are the most overwhelmed in the country in terms of ICU beds, HSE CEO Paul Reid has said. However, as Covid cases begin to reduce in Dublin, these hospitals are facing fewer challenges and Mr Reid claims that the system as a whole in Ireland is not currently overwhelmed. “The four Dublin hospitals- Tallaght, The Mater, Connolly and James’ [are facing the most challenges],” Mr Reid said on RTÉ One’s This Week. The CEO of the HSE said that at the moment hospitals are coping, and he is hearing this from healthcare staff themselves. Right now and up to this morning they say to me that yes it’s challenging but they are coping.

Source: Irish Independent October 11, 2020 14:37 UTC