A Carlow woman has been detailing her hospital experience during the Covid-19 pandemic.
RTE investigates went behind the scenes of St Jame's Hospital in a powerful new documentary.
The programme showed how the country's healthcare system is coping with the coronavirus.
Elaine Scully from Carlow has acute leukemia and is receiving chemo.
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Staff are only allowed into her room for essential medical procedures, and Elaine says it's extremely tough:
"It's funny, I know you might laugh but one of my nurses has cold hands and I love when she's my nurse."
"I can feel her when she's doing my drip, I might get a touch of her cold hand on my skin....you feel like you're not on your own."
