More than two dozen medical students have been drafted in to work alongside frontline healthcare workers in Beaumont and Connolly hospitals as the numbers of cases of Covid-19 continues to rise in Ireland. Last week, Beaumont hospital had the largest number of Covid-19 cases followed by St James’ and the Mater hospitals. There are now 10,647 known coronavirus cases in the State, and 365 people have died from the virus. Gordon Treacy, a second year graduate medicine student, was posted to Connolly hospital as a team lead after responding to a callout from RCSI’s head of medicine for volunteers. Photograph: Gordon Treacy, RCSI student volunteering at Connolly Hospital“It’s tough but it’s just a fraction of what others are going through in the face of this all.

Source: The Irish Times April 15, 2020 11:05 UTC