Tragic news.
The HSE has confirmed that 11 people have died at one nursing home in Dublin since 2 April.
Of the 11 people who died at St Mary’s Hospital in the Phoenix Park, ten had tested positive for Covid-19 and the eleventh person is a suspected case, which is currently awaiting confirmation.
St Mary’s Hospital, which provides care for older people, has 198 residential places in total.
The HSE has said that where a relative has any query relating to the care of a resident, they are being asked to get in contact with the HSE directly.
It said: “The safety and wellbeing of our residents and staff is our priority.”
The HSE has also said that there is contact with residential care services from both local and national infection control and in some settings there is an infection control nurse specialist working on site.
Speaking on Friday night at the Department of Health briefing, it was announced that over this weekend, a survey will be conducted among hospitals and long-term residential centers, to enhance the information that is already available in relation to this topic.
There will also be an increased testing of staff who are working in nursing homes.
It was then said that the best place for any elderly person who is in a nursing home to be, is in that nursing home.
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