Private hospitals to be leased for use as public hospitals for duration of Covid-19 crisis

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The private hospital sector has a capacity of 1,900 inpatient beds as well as 47 ICU and 54 HDU beds

Image: PA Image: PA THE TAOISEACH HAS today announced that private hospitals will be leased for use as public hospitals for the duration of the Covid-19 outbreak in Ireland, treating both patients who have the virus and those with other non-related illnesses.

The private hospital sector, which is made up of 19 hospitals, has an estimated bed capacity of 1,900 inpatient beds, 600 day beds as well as 47 ICU and 54 HDU beds. “It’s all hands on deck in this national effort, and I am very pleased that the private hospitals have agreed to come on board and make their facilities available. The public and private sectors are tooling up and working together for the common good.

 

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So will the VHI be giving me back some of my monthly subscription considering a private hospital is no longer available to me?

Is there anyone we know that owns one of these private hospitals 🤔 We love lining that women’s fronts pockets.

Fuck right off leo

Redacted will be cracking open the good champagne with this news.

Have the wealthy in this country any morals,empathy or even a heart.

So the wealthy owners and landlord gonna make money from this. Crisis seam to be big business in this country. No wonder the wealthy scumbags in this country love FF/FG notmytaoiseach LeoVaradkar you'll have more blood on your hands at the end of this.

Leased.......... it's a national emergency just take them over.

€2.4 million A DAY for each and every 1 of us tax payers for the privalige. A lovely bunch arent they. Should be ashamed of themselves

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