Chaotic conditions frustrate patients and relatives

THERE weren’t too many happy campers at Cork University Hospital’s crowded A&E department yesterday.

“This woman beside me has been waiting for hours with chest pains. My father’s in here with a heart complaint and he’s been on a trolley since yesterday. It’s crazy,” said Anne Marie Lucey, who was waiting with her mother.

Another woman waiting nearby had damaged her achilles tendon.