As Covid-19 cases and hospital admission continue to rise, the impact the second wave has had on the critical care community has been immense.

But as we face into the colder autumn and winter months, how will our ICU capacity cope with the possibility of more and more patients being admitted?

Dr Catherine Motherway, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at University Hospital Limerick joins Susan Keogh to discuss.

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