DICKENSIAN conditions look set to continue at the only artificial limb-fitting centre in the south.

AROUND 600 patients are to be referred to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) from the Cork area, following criticism that the scheme has not been used as effectively in the region as other parts of the country.

AROUND 600 patients are to be referred to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) from the Cork area, following criticism that the scheme has not been used as effectively in the region as other parts of the country.

THE number of people being treated on trolleys at accident and emergency departments in Cork University Hospital and Kerry General Hospital last month was more than double that for May 2005.