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"It was a serious kick in the stomach for every GP!"

Irish doctors are scrambling to get to grips with a new set of criteria for tests for Covid 19.Pe...

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17.59 25 Mar 2020


"It was a serious kick in the stomach for every GP!"


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Irish doctors are scrambling to get to grips with a new set of criteria for tests for Covid 19.People will only be put forward for a test if they have a fever and a cough or breathlessness and they must also be either close contacts of a confirmed case, healthcare staff or in a vulnerable group.

GP Maitiú O’Tuathail spoke to Ivan about how general practice is coping. 

He also hit out "appalling changes" that are being made to the pension scheme for some GPs.

Those operating in the medical card scheme have been told that the lump sum due to to their next of kin, should they die in service, will not be payable if they die of Covid 19.

 


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