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UPDATE: All Services Resume In the Midlands Following HSE Cyber Attack

Friday, 25 June 2021 15:25

By Ellen Butler X @LN_but

But patients are advised to expect delays for some services.

All services have now resumed in the three Midlands Regional Hospitals following last month's "devastating" cyber attack.

However, the HSE says the disruption to their IT system continues cause delays to some services in region.

Patients are asked to attend their appointments as usual, unless contacted by the hospital.

Local and national IT teams have made progress in recent weeks in restoring some of the most critical patient information systems, allowing staff to safely resume scheduled care on a phased basis.

The HSE also says staff are working to reschedule patients cancelled over the last month as soon as possible.

 

Emergency Departments:

Attendances to the Emergency Departments remain high across the three hospitals for this time of year.

You're asked to consider alternative care options where possible, such as your GP or pharmacist.

 

What to bring to your appointment:

- your most recent hospital letter.
- a copy of your current medications.

 

Visiting during COVID-19:

Visits to Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore need to be pre-arranged. 

You need to make an appointment if you want to visit a patient in a ward area. Contact the ward or unit in advance. 

Critical and compassionate circumstances continue to be accommodated on an individual basis.

Do not visit the hospital if you have symptoms of COVID-19 (high temperature, cough, shortness of breath, or loss or change to your sense of smell or taste).


The current visiting restrictions are kept under review and will be updated in line with national recommendations.

 

Maternity Services in MRH Portlaoise:

- Partners can attend for the anatomy scan and the booking scan.

- Partners are facilitated to attend the birth once the woman is admitted to the delivery suite in labour and remains for the birth of the baby and up to 1 hour on the postnatal ward. This includes the induction of birth in the delivery suite.

- Partners are also facilitated to be present in theatre at Caesarean Section for the birth of the baby. 

- The Hospital have reintroduced scheduled visiting to the maternity ward since Monday 3rd May for ante natal and postnatal women, which is arranged by appointment generally this visit is scheduled for up to an hour.

- Scheduled visiting is facilitated in the special care baby unit.

 

The Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise are managing access and visiting to the maternity services in accordance with the national guidance.

Arrangements will be kept under constant review and in the full consideration of the safety of the women and families attending our services. 

 

If you'd like to contact the hospitals:

Midlands Hospital Portlaoise - 057 869 6771 or 057 869 6340.

Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore - 057 935 9527 from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar - 044 9340221.


Visit hse.ie for any further changes to services or disruptions.
 

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