The Mater Hospital is urging the public to avoid its Emergency Department where possible due to "large numbers of people contracting Covid-19".
The hospital said today that services are "under extreme pressure" due to a "combination of large numbers of people contracting Covid, high numbers of presentations at the ED and high levels of staff absences due to Covid-19".
They warned that patients coming to the hospital with non-emergency conditions are facing lengthy wait times to be seen.