CUH acute medical unit to ease A&E waiting times

A €1.4 million, 23-bed acute medical unit (AMU) opens today at Cork University Hospital.

The unit, which is being implemented as part of the HSE’s National Acute Medicine Programme, will provide for the acute treatment of patients where the estimated length of stay is under 48 hours.

Located above the hospital’s emergency department (ED) it will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and according to the HSE, patients referred to the unit will be seen by a consultant within one hour of arrival.