HSE director: Gap tightening in emergency departments

Paul Reid, CEO, HSE said: "Every single hospitalisation that we have to deal with in relation to coronavirus has a very significant impact on the wider services that we are trying to sustain and provide." Picture: Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland

The sacrifices of the past six months will be for nothing if emergency departments become overwhelmed — which is very possible if current trends continue, hospital chiefs have warned.

HSE director general Paul Reid said emergency departments are managing at this stage but the gap is tightening.