A whistleblower who raised concerns about Covid-19 at a Health Service Executive-run nursing home in 2020 is speaking publicly for the first time at an event calling for a public inquiry into the handling of the virus in Irish nursing homes.
Margo Hannon is speaking at a conference in Dublin City University - hosted by Care Champions - the representative group for people whose family members died in nursing homes during the pandemic.
Ms Hannon will say that during the first wave of the outbreak, she witnessed breaches of HSE Infection, Prevention and Control policies, non-adherence to clear and established HSE/HPSC Covid-19 risk assessment guidelines and Health Information and Quality Authority national standards.
Over 20 Covid-related deaths occurred at St Mary's Park Hospital during the first wave of the pandemic.
Ms Hannon said there was no infection prevention and control outbreak preparation plan evident and isolation areas were assigned after transmission was generalised - more than three weeks after the first outbreak was declared.
Following a protected disclosure by the whistleblower, a two-year investigation by Acrux Consultancy was commissioned by the HSE to investigate her claims.
The Acrux team met Ms Hannon, the family of residents who died, and staff of the hospital as part of the investigation, which focused on what occurred over a three-week period during the first wave of Covid-19.
The report is believed to be more than 500 pages long and broken up into...
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