Designs on a new emergency department for children at CUH 

'The staff of CUH and the children and families of Munster deserve better': A fundraising campaign is underway to develop a much-needed children's emergency department 

Louise O’Regan with her daughter Isabelle and sons Jack and Alex, who was rushed to CUH due to a severe allergic reaction. Picture: Dan Linehan

There are few experiences more panic-inducing than rushing your sick or injured child to the emergency department of your local hospital. Staff at Cork University Hospital understand this better than most. As Ireland’s busiest ED, it sees more than 65,000 patients every year and approximately 20% - or 13,000 – of those are children.

The staff work hard to deliver the best possible care to those children and this currently extends to campaigning for the development of a new ED designed exclusively for them.