Mayo hosts conference on contagious diseases

International delegates will gather at the Ellison Hotel in Castlebar on Wednesday and Thursday next to discuss the safe transportation of people suffering from contagious diseases.

The group is made up of partners from Germany, Latvia, Spain and Ireland, represented by Murray Ambulance Service, Castlebar.

The group will then be travelling to Dublin to witness a demonstration by the National Ambulance Service on personal protective equipment used by ambulance staff when transporting patients with contagious diseases and decontamination processes.