Thank you to all the students who participated in the Dr Jack Flanagan medal last night, and congratulations to Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine for the well deserved win. See you next year 😊

In Stroke Awareness Week in tomorrow’s Irish Examiner - the critical role of rehabilitation in treating patients with stroke, as told through the lens of the hardest working Early Supported Discharge team in the country.

We move to phase 3 on Mon 29th June. Very low levels of #COVID19 . What worries me most now is travel from overseas and I fear many planning foreign trips. 2020 is a year for a staycation. Stay in Ireland, spend locally and follow public health advice. Department of Health HSE Ireland

Happy Pride from all the staff in the Mater!
Visibility is important at this time of year & we have also set up an LGBTQ+ interest group with the aim of improving healthcare for this community.

#Pride #DublinPride #LGBT Pride #LGBT #LGBT Q #LGBT QPride Mater Nursing Team Dublin LGBTQ+ Pride

Stroke Unit at Letterkenny Hospital to open in September donegaldaily.com/2020/06/24/str…

Plea to pedestrianise Drury and South William St, and give all these cafés and wine bars outdoor seating. People clearly into it!

Hello Cork City Council Healthcare workers here! We would like to ask for something please!! ☺️🚴my.uplift.ie/petitions/cork…

Congratulations to our fab OT department!! ❤️ well done

Let's say 1 person who's convinced of misinformation, on average, convinces 3 others. This means R0 = 3.

But! If you teach just 67% of people basic epidemiology/statistics, you can get R < 1, containing the info-demic!

This is called 'nerd immunity'

If anyone tells you that massive and deadly #COVID19 outbreaks in #LongTermCare are 'inevitable,' please tell them otherwise. We've managed 17 LTC outbreaks in Vancouver Coastal Health and have developed some useful measures, which we think are life-saving. 1/

Mary Berry leads a ward round: a thread.

+UPDATE+

Germany government now working intensively with the worst hit Coronavirus Italian province - Lombardy - to transfer patients to Germany for medical treatment.

Tweet thread on #PPE recycling in #COVID pandemic. Refs at end.

PPE shortages are expected. A simulation of N95 use in a severe pandemic estimated that the US alone could need 7.3 BILLION.

Production will increase. What should we in healthcare do to mitigate shortages?

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Keeping the Coronavirus from Infecting Health-Care Workers |
seems it is not impossible! newyorker.com/news/news-desk…

Watch this. It shows why we should all do the right thing and stay home to the fullest extent possible. All of us can help slow the spread of the virus, protecting the elderly, the vulnerable, and each other. washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/…

Be like Nancy!

Correct decision. I'm not sure how you can coordinate a global response to a pandemic AND tour the UK at the same time.

Meticulous and frequent handwashing everyone and avoid any prolonged face-to-face contact and any crowds if you have respiratory symptoms. Confirmed #coronavirus circulating in community in Cork, the East and likely elsewhere. Situation extremely concerning