Relief greets birth of overdue arrival

After a week of farce and frustration, the first mothers and babies arrived at Cork University Maternity Hospital for the birth of a new era in maternity care, writes Catherine Shanahan

AFTER a week of farce, frustration and divisiveness, Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) officially, if belatedly, opened for business on Saturday.

A week behind schedule and under threat of being hijacked for alternative use, the new €75 million hospital finally embraced its first mothers and babies at the weekend.