The Health Service Executive has issued a statement saying that GP out of hours services, HSELive and emergency numbers 112 and 999 have been receiving a very high number of calls from people seeking access to testing for Covid-19.
It said members of the public who have normal cold- and flu-like symptoms or who believe they may have been in contact with Covid-19 are being asked to self-isolate and to ring their GP on Monday, who will then be in a position to triage patients appropriately and order a test where needed.US extends travel ban to Ireland, UK over coronavirus The HSE said it is working this weekend to ensure that sufficient testing facilities are in place by then to meet the demand.
The announcement comes as the body representing GPs said they are "very concerned" that they will be swamped with calls on Monday morning after the Department of Health lowered the threshold for testing of Covid-19.
What's with this 'X number of cases in the East, South, West, North'? Whatever happened the Midlands, S-West, N-East, S-East, etc. Be a little more specific. Please!
I called my GP last Wednesday and I was told to call the HSE impossible to get through, I go online and the HSE says call your GP, it is Saturday now and I am still trying to get tested.
I was told by a first aider on Thursday night 112 is much better as they can track your location. Correct me if I’m wrong. 🙂
Hospitals are over run with swab testing for COVIDー19. To keep people out of clogging up these emergency settings, we need out reach testing to commence urgently. Hospitals can’t cope with this pressure. Doctors and nurses are doing very best
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