Doctors and Nurses are warning of unsafe conditions in Irish hospitals due to the latest wave of Covid-19.
Short-staffing and hospital services being pushed to their absolute limit are some of the issues caused by the increase in cases.
Fergal Hickey, President of Irish Association for Emergency Medicine and consultant in emergency medicine, Sligo University Hospital and Priscilla Lynch, clinical editor, Medical Independent joined the Last Word to discuss.
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