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HSE Mid West wishes to advise patients who have appointments across Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary community and hospital services tomorrow Monday 6th January to expect disruption to services, including the cancellation of clinic appointments.
As part of its encouragement to parents to ensure their children are up to date with the Flu vaccine, the HSE is running a free nasal spray vaccine clinic for children aged two to 17 years old on Monday 6 January in Enniscorthy.
As high numbers of people presenting with symptoms of respiratory illness is placing pressure on hospitals, the HSE is asking everyone to help stop the spread of flu by staying at home if you're sick.
Following sustained presentations with Flu symptoms to its Emergency Dept. and an increase in Flu positive inpatients, the following measures are now in place at University Hospital Waterford (UHW)
The HSE is urging the public to consider all care options this Christmas and New Year period and is asking people to consider other methods of care including their GPs, pharmacists and Caredoc out of hours services before presenting at Emergency Departments (EDs).
The NoWDOC service, which provides an urgent GP family Doctor service to patients of GP members in Co. Donegal and South Leitrim, has issued its Christmas/New Year opening hours.
Caredoc provides urgent out-of-hours GP care for patients of participating GP’s in Sligo, North Leitrim and West Cavan.