CUH to perform all out-of-hours surgery

ALL out-of-hours emergency surgery in Cork city and county will be carried out at Cork University Hospital (CUH) as part of a plan to reconfigure healthcare services in the south.

The Mercy University Hospital (MUH) and South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital (SIVUH) will continue to operate an acute surgical service by day, but all on-call out-of-hours work will be carried out at CUH.

In addition, two general hospitals in Bantry and Mallow will no longer offer acute surgical care and instead will cater only for acute medical patients.