This article considers the liability of healthcare professionals during public health crises in Ireland. It argues that Covid-19 has shown that Irish law lacks protective measures for healthcare practitioners who elect to value high-capacity care over best possible treatment to smaller numbers of patients. Such a prohibition, it is contended, has the potential to be fatal to the management of public health emergencies and can lead to defensive clinical practices which serve to slow or halt progress in the provision of emergency healthcare. As such, a broad, accessible and clearly-defined immunity regime limited to periods of crisis is recommended in order to allow for the protection of the practitioner and the provision of healthcare to the masses.

本文考虑了爱尔兰公共卫生危机期间医疗保健专业人员的责任。它认为，Covid-19 表明，爱尔兰法律缺乏对选择重视高容量护理而不是对少数患者的最佳治疗的医疗保健从业者的保护措施。据称，这种禁令有可能对突发公共卫生事件的管理造成致命影响，并可能导致防御性临床实践，从而减缓或停止提​​供紧急医疗保健的进展。因此，建议建立仅限于危机时期的广泛、可访问和明确定义的免疫制度，以便保护从业者并向群众提供医疗保健。