All routine Community Healthcare services across Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary have been deferred for today and tomorrow, according to an update from the HSE.
Only the most essential homecare and community nursing services are being prioritised for delivery to older people and people with disabilities.
A spokesman for the HSE said that every effort is being made to maintain critical services in the home to complex paediatric cases and adults with high dependency.
“All public residential hospitals and units for the elderly, disabled and those with a mental health condition remain open although staffing these services is challenging in such conditions,” the statement continued.
The UL Hospitals Group has also restricted services to essential and emergency for the period and are making contact with people for whom special arrangements and continuity of service needs to be maintained.
Anyone who has an appointment scheduled at a UL Hospital site and is in doubt should contact the relevant hospital.
Detailed information is available across all media platforms including Twitter @CommHealthMW @ULHospitals
The spokesman said that the HSE Mid West Crisis Management Team was in full operational mode and will convene again later this morning (Thursday).
“The HSE is participating in co-ordination centres in Tipperary Limerick and Clare where we are working with Local Authorities and Garda Divisions as the other two Principal Response Agencies (PRAs) and supported by the Defence Forces and other service providers”.
More information on local media and Twitter feeds @LimerickCouncil @HSELive @CommHealthMW @ULHospitals @ClareCoCo @TipperaryCoCo @GardaTraffic @gardainfo
“Our clear message is Stay In, Stay Safe and make any essential arrangements you need this morning including checking on vulnerable family or neighbours. Do not travel out of shelter from Mid Afternoon today. The situation is highly dangerous,” the HSE spokesman concluded.
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