Cork University Hospital named as Ireland’s only first-class cancer care centre

A CORK hospital was named Ireland’s only centre of excellence in cancer care yesterday by a leading European medical society.

Cork University Hospital (CUH) was selected from 20 applicants across Europe to become one of only eight centres to receive the designation from the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO).

The award was made in recognition of CUH’s care of terminally ill cancer patients delivered in conjunction with the city’s Marymout Hospice.