People stuck on hospital waiting lists will continue to have to wait while the number of people in hospitals with Covid-19 remain high, the President of the Irish Medical Organisation has said.
It comes after the IMO warned yesterday that healthcare services are being hit by a "perfect storm". Dr Ina Kelly told RTÉ's Morning Ireland that while it is fortunate that hospital numbers appear to be stable enough despite the high level of community transmission, they are very high and continuing to put pressure on exhausted staff.
For every bed that is taken up with Covid, that is a bed denied to people with other illnesses and people on waiting lists, she said.