, consultant in public health medicine in HSE Midlands, warned of the potential vulnerability of water provided from wells. She also said that a plan for dealing with the health effects from heatwaves needed to be developed.
“Our susceptibility to serious water-borne disease from severe rainfall events is very high, with 170,000 private wells around the country providing untreated and sometimes contaminated drinking water.” Dr Kelly also said the State did not have a national heatwave plan, and this would have to be developed.She also warned that the health service needed to adapt in order to deal with the threat from climate change.
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