A SPECIALIST ‘Covid centre’ is being set up in Fermanagh to help the health service manage the large numbers of virus patients who expected to need treatment here, the Herald can reveal. To help our GP surgeries and hospitals cope with the anticipated influx of ill patients, work is underway to rapidly set up the […]
‘Get digital to keep spirits up during self-isolation’
Councillor with compromised immune system urges ‘at risk’ groups to follow the advice
Fermanagh puts best foot forward in the face of crisis
IT’S BEEN a very long time since the county has faced a crisis on the scale of the current Covid-19 epidemic, but in the true spirit of Fermanagh the community has risen to the occasion. We are living in deeply unsettling times, when many are worried for their health and others are worried for their […]
Former nurses stepping up to play their part
LOCAL nurses who have left the profession, whether for retirement or to take up new jobs, are currently re-registering so they can play their part in combating the coronavirus. Across the country and the world former medical workers are stepping up and getting ready to return to the frontline to help in the battle against […]
Foodbank to begin emergency ‘isolation drops’
Just as like it does all year around, Enniskillen Foodbank is on hand to help.
We all need to play our part, stress hospital bosses
“It’s just a different way for people to live their lives right now.”
First patient dies after testing positive for Covid-19
The patient who died was elderly, had an underlying medical condition and was being treated in a hospital.
Calm before the storm as health trust prepares for loom
All routine appointments and out patients procedures currently on hold as the Trust frantically plans for what is to come.
Local GPs’ coronavirus plea to public
“Please be patient with everyone who works in frontline health services as they are doing their best to help and support you in stressful conditions.”
Warning poor broadband could be an issue for students
WITH more and more schools announcing extended closures this week and both students and teachers preparing for online lessons, the poor broadband provision in the county is being starkly shown up. Cllr Adam Gannon has been campaigning for better broadband in the county, having recently submitted a question to Stormont on the matter. He is […]