Sligo/Leitrim Deputy Marian Harkin says the pressure both staff and patients are under at Sligo hospital this week should have been avoidable..A
The north-west facility is treating the largest number of people with the virus in the country today with 64 patients receiving care.
The Independent TD says the inevitable surge in Covid cases combined with the usual extra admissions in winter should have been prepared for by the HSE.
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