Covid-19 testing to end in Ballyshannon today
Covid-19 testing will cease at the Community Testing Centre situated at the Lakeside Camping and Caravan Centre, Ballyshannon, from today. Anybody requiring testing will be seen at the Community Testing Centres in O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny, or in Finisklin, Sligo. The HSE have told OceanFM news that both centres…
HSE should designate some Hospitals as Non Covid-19
The HSE have been encouraged to designate hospitals as covid-19 treating and non covid-19 treating in order to provide people with more confidence to attend accident and emergency departments with other illness and injuries. That’s according to the former general and local election candidate Sean Wynne. Mr Wynne…
Medical card to be automatically extended
Those who’s medical card are due to expire during the Covid-19 pandemic will be extended for at least a year. A HSE statement says that this will be done automatically and there is no need for you to make contact with them. Once the pandemic is over, they will write…
Rock Community Nursing Unit residents moved to St. Joseph’s Community Hospital
All residents of the Rock Community Nursing Unit in Co. Donegal have been moved due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement to OceanFM, the HSE confirmed that the action is being taken because the current premises is an old building. The people have been moved to St. Joseph’s Community…
Farmers need to follow HSE guidelines and not fake news
The IFA National Livestock Chairperson says farmers should follow the guidelines from the Government and HSE in relation to Covid-19. It comes as most agricultural marts are continuing to go ahead this week despite the restrictions on mass gatherings. The Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society has put in place special rules…
Private and volunteer nursing homes being ‘discriminated’ against
Private and volunteer nursing homes in the north west are being discriminated against under the Fair Deal Scheme. That’s according to the CEO of the Nursing Homes Ireland, Tadhg Daly, who says HSE run centres are getting paid an average of 60% more per patient in Co. Sligo. The figure…
HSE no longer providing Occupational Therapy reports for free
The HSE’s decision to no longer provide Occupational Therapy reports for those applying for housing adaptation grants for free is being described as a ‘cruel way of treating people.’ Independent TD, Michael Fitzmaurice, is making the comments following the health executive informing all local authorities in the country of the…