The HSE’s warning patients to expect ‘widespread cancellations’ of hospital appointments again next week.
Some computer systems have been restored after the cyber-attack ten days ago, but most have not.
Emergency departments are still very busy due to the loss of IT equipment, while hospital, community and screening services are still affected.
At the moment locally the Oncology clinic and some specialist diagnostic services continue to be cancelled at St Luke’s General Hospital for Carlow and Kilkenny, while x-ray and cardiac diagnostic services remain disrupted, as do routine labs for GPs with delays too to outpatient appointments. (Service updates can be found here).
The HSE’s chief operations officer, Anne O’Connor, says the disruption will continue for a long time.
Meanwhile, Kilkenny based Dr Justin Kwong`has been updating our Sue Nunn on The Way It Is on the impact on GPs …
