A Donegal doctor has warned that hospitals, like GP surgeries, are creaking at the seams with the unprecedented number of patients presenting with respiratory tract infections.
It comes as health services in the North West are once again urging people to consider all care options as Emergency Departments face sustained pressure.
Dr Ciaran Roarty of Scally McDaid Roarty Medical Practice in Letterkenny says people, particularly those more vulnerable are getting quite ill.
While RSV infections are beginning to reduce, Covid-19 cases remain high and the number of flu cases in Donegal has yet to reach its peak.
Dr Roarty says Donegal having the highest number of flu infections in the Saolta Health Care Group is a result of low vaccine uptake:
