CF and Parkinson’s patients to get €10.5m facilities

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) is next week to announce details of €10.5 million plans for providing new facilities in the mid-west for cystic fibrosis and Parkinson’s disease patients.

Planning permission was secured last month for a €10.5m seven-storey centre, which includes a dedicated nine-bed unit for cystic fibrosis patients, at Limerick’s Regional Hospital.

The medical centre is being part-funded by around €4m raised by the JP McManus Pro-Am golf classic and, along with the CF unit, the plan also includes a neurological centre/acute stroke inpatient centre and specialist breast and dermatology outpatient units.