Issue of safe and timely transfer of patients across CUH is unresolved

The CUH terrain is unsuited to trolley transfer, says Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan.

For anyone not familiar with Cork University Hospital (CUH), it’s built on terrain a BMX rider could have a field day on — undulating, dotted with embankments and littered with speed ramps. In fact back in the day, when the hospital was more promise than achievement, it was a playground to motocross riders and scramblers.

Within this physical setting, transporting a patient by trolley across campus could make for a bumpy ride.