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The HSE is seeing an increase in people with respiratory illnesses attending emergency departments - 538 people with flu and 282 with COVID attended its EDs this week, an increase from 312 (flu) and 144 (COVID) the previous week. While our system is responding well, this increasing pressure requires all to play their part in using the right options for care.

Symptoms of long Covid can present in multiple forms including extreme fatigue, joint pain or stiffness, brain fog, and breathlessness. These symptoms can be extremely debilitating, and so many have searched for a solution which thankfully can be found with hyperbaric oxygenation at OxyGeneration in Galway.

More than 18,000 Galway people could be suffering from Long Covid, a term used to describe Covid-19 effects that continue for weeks or months after the initial illness, according to statistics released by the Independent Roscommon/Galway TD, Denis Naughten.

Despite the fact that up to 300,000 people are suffering from the impact of long Covid, the HSE is still only at the planning stage in the assessment of the scale of the problem and its possible impact on our health service, local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, stated this week.

The HSE is continuing with its programme of Covid-19 test centres which enable people in those communities local to the centre get a free Covid-19 test.

Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, has called for a definitive date for the full reopening of all day services following confirmation from the HSE that all older people and adults with underlying health conditions have been fully vaccinated