Military staff will support work at Northern Ireland's regional Nightingale facility, a health trust chief has said. Health Minister Robin Swann announced yesterday that more than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed in Northern Ireland.
It comes as hospitals struggle to deal with a surge of coronavirus patients. There were 832 people with Covid-19 in hospital yesterday, 67 of whom were in intensive care units.
While the use of the military has sparked rows in the Stormont Executive in the past, Sinn Fein said it would not rule out any measures that can help save lives.
Dr Cathy Jack, chief executive of the Belfast Health Trust, told a Stormont committee the military staff will work under trust management. "Throughout