Over the coming weeks, I will be keeping track of how Ireland is coping with the strain of Covid-19 in our health system and how communities are coping with the ongoing pressure. If we all end up being cocooned and locked down for a period similar to that of our neighbours in Italy, we need to grasp what this might mean. I’ll also look at what these changes will mean for our health services.   Given the time pressure of preparing for this pandemic, it’s more than apparent that neither Department of Health nor the Health Service Executive can prepare for,…

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