The results came from a new poll - the first of its kind in Ireland
Pixabay.Over 230,000 people in Ireland have long covid.
A new poll, the first of its kind in Ireland , found 6% of all adults are now suffering from the after effects of covid-19 for more than three months.
The Ireland Thinks research was commissioned by independent TD Denis Naughten.
TD Naughten revealed 36,889 of these people are impacted a lot in their daily activities by these symptoms.
He says, in many cases, it's having a detrimental impact on people's lives - but they continue to be denied appropriate treatment.
“The reality is that such a large number of long COVID patients presenting to our hospitals with complex health conditions at a time when the system is already overwhelmed, could lead to the collapse of health service,” stated Denis Naughten.
“We cannot just sleepwalk into a crisis of chronic illness, which will push people waiting on treatments since before the pandemic even further down already horrendous waiting lists. We need to see this surge of long COVID patients managed with a co-ordinated response from Government.”
