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03.09.2020 / 08:55

Audiology services hit by staff redeployments due to Covid-19

A national Government directive has resulted in a number of audiologists being redeployed from their front line services to Covid-19 contact tracing duties.

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'Torturous' consequences of Covid for cancer patients

This story is part of an RTÉ Investigates series: Covid - Future Health Care

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Leading hospital medic warns social distancing could cause 'huge loss' in bed capacity

The Medical Director at one the country’s biggest hospitals has warned it could lose up a quarter of its acute bed capacity as a result of Covid-19.

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'I'm living a different experience of Covid'

This story is part of an RTÉ Investigates series: Covid - Future Health Care

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A Covid casualty? Cancer treatment at St James's

AS Covid-19 gripped the country and hospitals responded to the crisis, procedures and diagnostics in some medical specialities were put on hold, to try limit the spread of the virus. Oncology is one example of this.

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A 'transformational' tool - how data is helping fight Covid

THE COVID-19 pandemic necessitated significant reorganisation at St James's Hospital but a novel data analytics-driven system which facilitates work and patient flow in the Emergency Department was crucial in the success of the hospital's handling of the virus.

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Covid-19: 'I saw his funeral on a phone'

This story is part of a series: Inside Ireland's Covid Battle

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Covid contacts: The human impact of hospital-acquired Covid-19

This story is part of a series: Inside Ireland's Covid Battle

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Covid: 'It did more damage on my mental health'

This story is part of a series: Inside Ireland's Covid Battle

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Inside a Dublin hospital's Covid battle

St James's Hospital in Dublin recorded 79 deaths related to Covid-19 in the first six months of this year, data provided to RTÉ Investigates shows.

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Covid: 'She tested positive and this hell began'

This story is part of a series: Inside Ireland's Covid Battle

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Covid-19: The loss of a loved one

This story is part of a series: Inside Ireland's Covid Battle

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Battling Covid-19: The 'terrifying' reality of ICU

This story is part of a series: Inside Ireland's Covid Battle

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Covid-19: Mortuary witnessed 'major increase' in bodies

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In Pictures: Behind the Mask

As the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. The same is true when it comes to describing the efforts of healthcare workers here to defeat the coronavirus outbreak. As a society, our individual and collective responsibility combined has allowed us to reach a point where the country is reopening and for many, they can now return to a 'new normal'.

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Inside Ireland's Covid Battle: The stories behind the numbers

The statistics of the pandemic tell a scientific story, but each number represents a unique human tale too.

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RTÉ Investigates: Inside Ireland's Covid Battle

It's Saturday 29 February 2020 and the RTÉ Nine News announces Ireland has its first case of Covid-19.

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The Emergency Department: a mirror to society

The number of attendances at the Emergency Department of St James's Hospital decreased by 17% in the first half of 2020 from the same period last year, data provided to RTÉ Investigates shows.

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The last line of defence: Inside the ICU

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at St James's Hospital admitted 91 Covid-19 patients from March to the end of May, according to figures released to RTÉ Investigates.

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'The burden of death': Inpatients

The number of inpatients admitted to St James's Hospital during the first half of this year fell by 18% from the same period last year, data provided to RTÉ Investigates shows.

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Concern expressed over large funeral in Co Offaly town

Residents of a Co. Offaly town have expressed concerns that social distancing guidelines were ignored at a large funeral in the town earlier this week.

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Irish man questioned in international probe over €15m Covid-19 scam

An Irish man is being questioned by gardaí as part of an international investigation into what is described as a sophisticated €15 million Covid-19 scam.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0