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The General Manager of Sligo University Hospital says she is confident that the critical care staff in the Hospital are confident using a ventilator.
Grainne McCann was speaking this morning as Sligo University Hospital prepares themselves for a surge of COVID-19 patients in the near future.
She insists that all staff, from different departments are being upskilled in order to deal with COVID-19 patients:
The general manager says that she is confident in the redeployment of staff to different wards should they need to and of critical staff using ventilators:
Grainne McCann also spoke about a new ED triage area that is going to be installed at the front of the hospital in the coming days in order to test patients that present with COVID-19 symptoms: