Plans to move transfusion centre to CUH scrapped

THE Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) has scrapped plans to build a €17 million transfusion centre at Cork University Hospital (CUH) in favour of a site at St Finbarr’s Hospital.

Its chief executive Andrew Kelly blamed the decision on the huge costs, estimated at between €3.5m and €4m, associated with developing a car park on the CUH campus to facilitate the new centre.

As the proposed site at CUH is being used as a car park, Mr Kelly said the initial plan was to temporarily relocate the cars and replace the spaces with an underground 100-space car park.