CMO says it's 'perfectly appropriate' for GPs to conduct nursing home consultations over phone

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CMO Dr Tony Holohan says it's 'perfectly appropriate' for GPs to conduct nursing home consultations over phone

Image: Shutterstock/Dmytro Zinkevych Image: Shutterstock/Dmytro Zinkevych THE CHIEF MEDICAL Officer has said he is concerned to hear that GPs are being portrayed as “neglectful” because they have decided to conduct consultations with nursing home patients remotely. Dr Tony Holohan this evening said this approach is “perfectly appropriate care”.

He said it would put both the patient and the healthcare worker at risk of infection if they were to see a patient in a clinical environment unnecessarily. He said GPs on the frontline had played a “huge role” in helping officials to respond to the outbreak in the community.

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

 

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Any kind of cold symptoms could be covid ,friend tested positive all he had was headcold symptoms felt a bit shivery but not bed ridden .so how will docs decipher this .

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