Only three critical care beds available across three local hospitals

There were only three available critical care beds across the three hospitals serving the Athlone region last evening, new figures have revealed.

At 6.30pm on Sunday, Tullamore was among nine hospitals with no critical care beds available, while there were only two critical care bed in Portiuncula. There was one critical care bed vacant in Mullingar.

The figures also show that two critical care beds in Tullamore were occupied by patients with either Covid-19 or suspected Covid-19.

There were no confirmed COVID-19 cases in critical care beds in Mullingar or Portiuncula last enveing.

In total, Mullingar hospital, at 8pm last night, had eleven patients with COVID-19. There were nine patients with COVID-19 in Tullamore hospital and one in Portiuncula.

However, Portiuncula also had six patients with suspected COVID-19.

There were no general beds (excluding critical care) available in Mullingar, 13 in Portiuncula and five in Tullamore.