The committee and members of the IHLTA were saddened to learn about the passing of The Right Reverend Monsignor James (Jim) Cassin.
Everyone who has attended our Annual Service of Remembrance & Thanksgiving in recent years would have recognised Rev. Jim as one of our Concelebrants.
He will be sadly missed by all and we send our heartfelt condolences to his family and fellow clergy.
Clinic Updates
Lung Transplant Clinics
Clinic appointments are cancelled until 5th May and then under review.
Virtual/telephone clinics are in place and each patient will be contacted by a Specialist Nurse in due course.
If there are any questions or concerns, please contact the Transplant clinic Monday to Friday 8am-4pm on 01 803 4296
The out of hours/bank holiday contact number for HLTW, Level 7 is 01 803-7438
Heart Transplant Clinics
Clinics are cancelled until Thursday 7th May and then under review.
Virtual/Phone clinics are in place on Thursdays.
Cardiology registrars/ Post Heart Transplant Clinical Nurse Specialists are contacting the patients.
Post Heart Transplant Clinic Contact Numbers
01-8032660 Direct line or Pager 2188 via Main Hospital Switch board (01-803200)
Monday to Friday 8am-4pm
Out of Hours: Heart and Lung Transplant Ward Level 7
Phone: 01-803 7438
Updated information for the Transplant Clinic -
Outpatient Appointments: 28/06/2020
Covid-19 is still active in our communities therefore you should attend strictly at the allocated time in order to ensure social distancing is maintained in the clinic.
You will be contacted by phone 24- 48 hours prior to your attendance at which time a member of staff will complete a short pre-visit assessment questionnaire and advise you about your forthcoming attendance.
In the 2 weeks prior to your appointment, we recommend that you as a patient:
On the day of your appointment:
If you cannot attend on the above date please contact the secretary as soon as possible to allow us to reallocate the appointment slot to another patient.
Blood appointment:
Blood testing is strictly by appointment only. Please do not attend if you do not have an appointment.
Please note that blood slots are still limited so we may not able to accommodate date and time. Should you not be able to attend and you need to cancel your appointment please inform the transplant clinic as soon as possible.
If you require a blood appointment please contact the transplant clinic on 01 803 4296 and select option 3.
Tesco Ireland contacted IHLTA with an update in relation to their response to COVID-19
Exclusive shopping hours are available to over 65 customers and family carers, and to the extremely medically vulnerable including transplant recipients.
The hours are up to 9am every weekday, Monday to Friday.
The statement below is from Tesco Ireland:
The purpose of having these hours in-store is to allow customers who most need a quiet shopping time, to have exclusive access to our stores.
We have rolled out numerous health and safety measures such as Plexiglass screens, which we are increasing in-store, and sanitisation stations at store entrances. Our trolleys, pin-pads and other customer touchpoints are regularly sanitised, physical distancing signage is in place across all of our stores, and our colleagues are regularly briefed on the public health guidance.
For those who cannot make it to store or prefer not to, we continue to support the Government’s Community Call initiative providing volunteers with priority access and free multi-shop trolley bags at all other times (after 9am), as well as our online shopping service.
Coronavirus COVID-19 Update - 30/03/2020
The HSE has issued information on cocooning and has advised certain groups to cocoon. Solid organ transplant recipients are one of these groups. This advice is in place for 2 weeks from 27 March 2020. This period will be kept under review.
Government Announcement (12/3/2020):
The Government announced additional measures to protect citizens by delaying the spread of COVID-19.
The general public is asked to follow this advice and keep informed of this ongoing outbreak. Details of these updated measures can be found here:
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/ea1c30-updated-measures-in-response-to-covid-19-coronavirus/
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