Minister opens treatment centre for blood disorders

MINISTER for Health Dr James Reilly officially opened a new dedicated treatment centre at Cork University Hospital (CUH) yesterday which will deliver vast improvements in the quality of care for people with bleeding disorders.

Before the €430,000 haemophilia centre was developed, patients with the genetic blood disorder which impairs the body’s ability to control blood clotting were treated in CUH’s emergency department or were admitted to an in-patient bed. But since the new centre opened in March, these patients can be seen daily, if necessary, in the new facility.

Located on the ground floor of the hospital, it has four treatment rooms, an education and meeting room, office space, its own external entrance, and waiting area.