HSE isolates 1,200 people at CityWest Covid-19 facility since April

The average length of stay was nine days, the HSE said. Pictured are (left to right) Anne O’Connor, Chief Operations Officer at the HSE, Paul Reid, HSE CEO, and Dr Sarah Doyle Consultant in Public Health Medicine at the HSE in the Conference Centre at Citywest Hotel Dublin in April. Picture: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland.

Just over 1,200 people used Covid-19 isolation facilities at CityWest Hotel, Dublin, during the past four months, prompting calls for greater clarity on the need for the facility, and associated costs, into the future.

The hotel was partially turned into a 750-bed isolation facility in April as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold across the country and the health service sought additional capacity to deal with a potential surge in infections.