Intensive care consultant calls for extra bed capacity before second coronavirus wave

Dr Catherine Motherway has called for extra bed capacity to be created in Irish hospitals between now and the autumn.
Intensive care consultant calls for extra bed capacity before second coronavirus wave

Intensive Care Unit Consultant and President of the Intensive Care Society of Ireland, Dr Catherine Motherway has called for extra bed capacity to be created in Irish hospitals between now and the autumn.

Ireland is still behind the rest of Europe in terms of intensive care bed capacity, known as level 3 beds, Dr Motherway told RTÉ radio's Today with Sarah McInerney show.

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