€5m nurse training centre to open at Mercy

A NEW nurse education centre costing €5.3 million is to open at Mercy University Hospital in Cork.

The 1,337 sq metre centre will include lecture rooms with a capacity for 100 people, a library with two reading rooms, tutorial rooms, practical training rooms, equipment and computer rooms and offices.

It will open next Monday and will focus on post-graduate nurse training, although it is also likely to be used to train ambulance personnel and junior doctors.