Concern over transport of ill children

MEDICAL research has highlighted the need for a national emergency transport system for critically ill children because of the present “dangerous” arrangements in place transferring young patients across the country.

A study of seriously ill children being cared for at Cork University Hospital (CUH) found a litany of concerns when it came to transferring them to specialist units.

These included files that went missing, a lack of properly-trained medical staff accompanying the children while travelling and the lack of a 24-hour service to move critically ill kids.