HSE expands 'virtual ward' service to all of its seven regions

Technology kit now used by public patients on virtual wards delivered by Doccla in partnership with the HSE. The kit allows nurses to monitor the patients even though the patients are in their own homes. File picture

All HSE regions from this week can offer some patients the option of a 'virtual ward' or hospital-at-home care in a bid to reduce unnecessary hospital stays.

One patient was so closely monitored that nurses phoned when his blood pressure shot up while watching the crucial Ireland v Hungary soccer match.