Ireland’s dependence on China for goods like PPE is another sign of how vulnerable we are when international markets fail. TIM JACKSON says indigenous industries should be rebuilt where possible. #gript
Healthcare workers have hit out at government plans to have people submit recordings of Ireland’s call to help front-line staff deal with the coronavirus crisis. Lat week, Tania Banotti, head of Creative Ireland, said the online initiative would show appreciation and help to inspire medical staff on the frontline. However, the response from many of those frontline […]
The latest figures from the HSPC show that a shocking 1,084 of the coronavirus cases in Ireland are associated with healthcare workers are. That’s 27% of the total number of confirmed cases – a percentage that keeps creeping upwards as new numbers are released. These numbers are horrific and completely unacceptable. The failure of the government to protect the people on the […]
Nurses across the United States are protesting at the lack of protective clothing and equipment available to frontline workers in the fight against the Coronavirus. Similar shortages in Ireland has led to anger and upset being expressed on social media by healthcare professionals, and appeals online for supplies of safety clothing. Compounding the difficult situation […]
There aren’t enough superlatives in the world to express our gratitude for the courage of healthcare professionals who are putting their lives on the line to save others during the Covid-19 pandemic. Doctors are coming out of retirement to work on the frontlines, and nurses and other medics are coming home to fight the good […]
The Netherlands has been forced to recall hundreds of thousands of protective face masks imported from China after they were found to be defective. The health ministry has recalled 600,000 masks because they failed to meet quality standards. Dutch authorities received 1.3 million face masks from China on March 21 and distributed hundreds of thousands […]
Healthcare workers have taken to social media to issue a plea for protective clothing as they fight the coronavirus. The HSE admitted yesterday that that its stock of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers are “low”, and last weekend a report in the Sunday Business Post revealed that Dr Dónal O’Hanlon wrote to the Minister on behalf […]