Covid patients made up almost a third of ICU bed occupants at height of pandemic 

Clinical lead of the Irish National ICU Audit Professor Rory Dwyer said the key findings 'underscore the areas where we need to direct our efforts for improvement'. Picture: Maxwells

Covid patients made up almost a third (29%) of all those in intensive care units across the country's hospitals in 2021, according to the latest audit report on ICU care..

The Irish National ICU Audit Annual Report also shows that 73 patients admitted into ICU with covid were pregnant or recently pregnant. It said they all “survived to leave hospital alive".