At least one-third of the ICU beds in the country are currently occupied by covid patients presently.
Out of 300 ICU beds that are staffed daily there are 118 covid patients in these as of today.
Christine Loscher, Professor of Immunology, DCU and Dr Catherine Motherway, Head of the Intensive Care Unit, Limerick University Hospital joined the Last Word to discuss.
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