Helipad needed to cope with disasters

CORK is missing a vital facility needed to cope with a major disaster, it was claimed last night.

Helipad needed to cope with disasters
Fri, 14 Oct, 2005 - 01:00
Eoin English

Former Lord Mayor Colm Burke criticised the delay in reinstating a helicopter landing pad at Cork University Hospital (CUH), the country’s only level one trauma centre.

The landing site was removed three years ago to make way for a €15 million accident and emergency unit.

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