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10,000 appointments cancelled at Saolta Hospitals this week following cyber attack

May 26, 2021 08:19 By Shannonside News
10,000 appointments cancelled at Saolta Hospitals this week following cyber attack
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Outpatient and radiology consultations will continue to be called off - and emergency departments will still experience long delays.

The HSE says the cyber-attack will continue to affect the health service for 'many more weeks' - despite some computer systems being restored.

About 10,000 appointments are being cancelled this week in the Saolta Group, which runs seven hospitals in the west and northwest.

It called off a similar number last week, due to the cyber attack.

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Saolta chief executive Tony Canavan says this will have short and long-term consequences:

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