A former medical director said border closures and different lockdown rules led to a spike in Covid cases.
The hospital's proximity to the border presented problems during the pandemic, the inquiry has been told
"At times during the pandemic, that border was closed, so the trust was required to provide paperwork to staff to identify themselves as essential travellers, and similarly for patients who were coming across the border to look for services," she said. She said Altnagelvin had aimed to increase the number of Intensive Care Unit beds it had from 10, but that the issue was getting the staff needed to manage them.
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