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Lauren Harte

Ulster Hospital seeing an increase in Covid admissions as A&E under 'extreme pressure'

The Ulster Hospital's Emergency Department is experiencing an increase in the number of patients being admitted with Covid-19.

On Tuesday, the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust said the Ulster Hospital was under extreme pressure with 109 patients in ED and 61 awaiting admission.

The Trust also issued an urgent appeal for nursing staff to help in its Emergency Departments in the Ulster and Lagan Valley Hospitals and also in medical wards in either hospital.

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