Covid-19 Pandemic
Dail Éireann — 2023-04-20
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

We do not want anybody waiting long for this for obvious reasons. Part of what we are doing now with these new clinics around the country is staffing having them. We will have 14 clinics, and then the St. James's facility as well. People can also get initial treatment from their GP, which is an important message. Where more specialist care is required, we are putting these new services in place. They are still hiring. We want to, and our aim is, put in enough capacity that we can make sure people get quick access.
For reference, the long Covid clinics we have in place now are in St. Vincent's, Beaumont and Galway hospitals. The post-acute clinics are in Galway, the Mater and Connolly hospitals. We have combined ones in Tallaght hospital, St. James's Hospital and Cork University Hospital. There are two more coming, which, I believe, are in Limerick and Letterkenny hospitals.

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Sitting date: 2023-04-20